tom rushen's blues

Seems like the story of my life...

By Charlie Patton

I Laid down last night, hopin' I would have my peace,
Eee-hee-hee;
But when I woke up, Tom Rushen was shakin' me.

What happens then, Charlie?

When you get in trouble, it's no use to screamin' and cryin',
Mmm-hmm
Tom Rushen will take you, back to the prison house flyin'.

An' it's boozy booze, now, Lord, to carry me through;
But each day seems like years in the jailhouse where there ain't no booze.

Let me tell all you folks just how he treated me,
Eee-hee;
Well he threw me in a cellar just as dark as it could be.




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