Transcribed Song Lyrics

Howlin' Wolf - Down in the bottom

Well now, meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes

Well now, meet me in the bottom, bring me my running shoes

Well, I'll come out the window, I won't have time to lose.

When you see me streaking by, please don't be late

When you see me streaking by, please don't be late

Well when you me movin', you know my life is at stake

Well, I hope you'll see me, I’ll come streaking by

Well, I hope you'll see me, when I’ll come streaking by

She got a bad old man, you know I'm too young to die

I got to leave here, he caught in there...

I gotta come out the window now

I ain’t gotta do it no more mister

Robert Johnson - Preaching Blues

I was up this mornin', ah, blues walkin' like a man

I was up this mornin', ah, blues walkin' like a man

Worried blues, give me your right hand

And the blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down

Blues fell mama's child, and it tore me all upside down

Travel on, poor Bob, just can't turn you 'round

The blues, is a low-down shakin' chill, yes, preach 'em now

Is a low-down shakin' chill

You ain't never had 'em I, hope you never will

Well, the blues, is a achin' old heart disease

Do it now, you gon' do it? Tell me all about it

The blues, is a low-down achin' heart disease

Like consumption, killing me by degrees

I can study rain, oh oh drive, oh oh drive my blues

I been studyin' the rain, I'm 'on drive my blues away

Goin' to the 'stil'ry, stay out there all day

Leadbelly - I’m Alone Because I Love You

I’m alone because I love you

I love you with all my heart


I'm alone because I had to be true


I’m sorry, I can't say same thing about you

Yesterday the sunshine, it brought me rain


Yesterday your kisses, now they bringin’ me pain


I'm alone because I love you


I love you with all my heart

I'm alone because I love you


I love you with all my heart

I'm alone because I had to be true


I’m sorry, I can't say same thing about you

Yesterday the sunshine, brought me rain


Yesterday your kisses, now they bringin’ me pain



I'm alone because I love you


Love you with all my heart

Son House - Death Letter Blues

I got a letter this mornin, how do you reckon it read?

It said, "Hurry, hurry, yeah, your love is dead"

I got a letter this mornin, I say how do you reckon it read?

You know, it said, "Hurry, hurry, how come the gal you love is dead?"

So, I grabbed up my suitcase, and took off down the road

When I got there she was layin' on a coolin' board

I grabbed up my suitcase, and I said and I took off down the road

I said, but when I got there she was already layin on a coolin' board

Well, I walked up right close, looked down in her face

Said, the good ol' gal got to lay here 'til the Judgment Day

I walked up right close, and I said I looked down in her face

I said the good ol' gal, she got to lay here 'til the Judgment Day

Looked like there was 10,000 people standin' round the buryin' ground

I didn't know I loved her 'til they laid her down

Looked like 10,000 were standin' round the buryin' ground

You know I didn't know I loved her 'til they damn laid her down

Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul

I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold

I said, Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul

You know I wouldn't mistreat nobody, not for my weight in gold

You know I didn't feel so bad, 'til the good ol' sun went down

I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around

I didn't feel so bad, 'til the good ol' sun went down

You know, I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around

You know I went in my room, I bowed down to pray

The blues came along and drove my spirit away

I went in my room, I said I bowed down to pray

I said the blues came along and drove my spirit away

I loved you baby, like I love myself

You don't have me, you won't have nobody else

I loved you honey, better than I did myself

I said now if you don't have me, I didn't want you to have nobody else

Well, listen, whatever you do

This is one thing, honey, I tried to get along with you

Yes, no tellin' what you do

I done everything I could, just to try and get along with you

Well, the minutes seemed like hours, hours they seemed like days

It seemed like my good, old gal outta done stopped her low-down ways

Minutes seemed like hours, hours they seemed like days

Seems like my good, old baby outta done stopped her low-down ways

You know, it's hard to love someone that don't love you

Ain't no satisfaction, don't care what in the world you do

Yeah, it's hard to love someone that don't love you

You know it don't look like satisfaction, don't care what in the world you do

You know, love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do

Love sometimes leaves you feeling sad and blue

love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do

Love sometimes make you feel sad and blue

T-Bone Walker - The sun went down

when the sun rose this morning, i was standing in the back door cryin

when the sun rose this morning, i was standing in the back door cryin

i didn't know where to find my baby and I almost lost my mind

when the sun set this evening, i was standing in the same old place

when the sun set this evening, i was standing in the same old place

i felt so much the better, after seeing my baby's smilin’ face

well I wish i had a heaven, a heaven of my own

well i wish i had a heaven, a heaven of my own

I'd give all you girls a real nice happy home