Lyrics and translation Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues
I'm
lookin'
funny
in
my
eyes
J'ai
l'air
bizarre
dans
mes
yeux
And
I
believe
I'm
fixin'
to
die
Et
je
crois
que
je
suis
en
train
de
mourir
Believe
I'm
fixin'
to
die
Je
crois
que
je
suis
en
train
de
mourir
I'm
lookin'
funny
in
my
eyes
J'ai
l'air
bizarre
dans
mes
yeux
Now,
I
believe
I'm
fixin'
to
die,
yeah
Maintenant,
je
crois
que
je
suis
en
train
de
mourir,
ouais
I
know
I
was
born
to
die
Je
sais
que
je
suis
né
pour
mourir
But
I
hate
to
leave
my
children
around
cryin'
Mais
je
déteste
laisser
mes
enfants
pleurer
autour
de
moi
Yeah
Ouais
Just
as
sho'
we
live
Tout
comme
il
est
certain
que
nous
vivons
It's
a,
sho'
we's
born
to
die
C'est
certain
que
nous
sommes
nés
pour
mourir
Sho'
we's
born
to
die
Certain
que
nous
sommes
nés
pour
mourir
Just
as
sho's
we
live
Tout
comme
il
est
certain
que
nous
vivons
Sho'
we's
born
to
die
Certain
que
nous
sommes
nés
pour
mourir
Yeah
Ouais
I
know
I
was
born
to
die
Je
sais
que
je
suis
né
pour
mourir
But
I
hate
to
leave
my
children
around
cryin'
Mais
je
déteste
laisser
mes
enfants
pleurer
autour
de
moi
Yeah
Ouais
Yo
mother
treated
me,
children
Ta
mère
m'a
traité,
mes
enfants
Like
I
was
her
baby
child
Comme
si
j'étais
son
petit
enfant
Was
her
baby
child
Étais
son
petit
enfant
Yo
mother
treated
me
Ta
mère
m'a
traité
Like
I
was
her
baby
child
Comme
si
j'étais
son
petit
enfant
That's
why's
I
sighed
C'est
pourquoi
j'ai
soupiré
Sighed
so
hard
Soupiré
si
fort
And
come
back
home
to
die
Et
suis
rentré
à
la
maison
pour
mourir
Yeah
Ouais
So
many
nights
at
the
fireside
Tant
de
nuits
près
du
feu
How
my
chillen's
mother
would
cry
Comment
la
mère
de
mes
enfants
pleurait
How
my
chillen's
mother
would
cry
Comment
la
mère
de
mes
enfants
pleurait
So
many
nights
at
the
fireside
Tant
de
nuits
près
du
feu
How
my
chillen's
mother
would
cry
Comment
la
mère
de
mes
enfants
pleurait
Yeah
Ouais
'Cause
I
told
the
mother
I
had
to
say,
goodbye
Parce
que
j'ai
dit
à
la
mère
que
je
devais
dire,
au
revoir
Look
over
yon-der
Regarde
là-bas
On
the
buryin'
ground
Sur
le
terrain
d'enterrement
On
the
buryin'
ground
Sur
le
terrain
d'enterrement
Look
over
yonder,
on
the
burying
ground
Regarde
là-bas,
sur
le
terrain
d'enterrement
Yon'
stand
ten
thousand
Ils
se
tiennent
là
par
milliers
Standin'
still
to
let
me
down
Immobiles
pour
me
laisser
tomber
Yeah
Ouais
(Washboard
& guitar)
(Washboard
& guitare)
Mother,
take
my
chillen
back
Maman,
prends
mes
enfants
Before
they
let
me
down
Avant
qu'ils
ne
me
laissent
tomber
Before
they
let
me
down
Avant
qu'ils
ne
me
laissent
tomber
Mother,
take
my
chillen
back
Maman,
prends
mes
enfants
'Fore
they
let
me
down
Avant
qu'ils
ne
me
laissent
tomber
Ain't
no
need
a-them
screamin'
an
cryin'
Il
n'y
a
pas
besoin
qu'ils
crient
et
pleurent
On
the
graveyard
ground.
Sur
le
terrain
du
cimetière.
(Washboard
& guitar
to
end)
(Washboard
& guitare
jusqu'à
la
fin)
Rate the translation
1
No Shoes
2 Half a Stranger
3 Wednesday Evening Blues
4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Time Is Marching
6 Run On
7 Boogie Chillen'
8 I'm In the Mood
9 Rock House Boogie
10 Love Blues
11 Maudie
12 Dimples
13 Crawling Kingsnake
14 I Love You Honey
15 Alberta
16 Shake, Holler And Run
17 Hobo Blues
18 Cool Little Car
19 Blues Before Sunrise
20 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
21 Louise
22 I'm so Excited
23 Whiskey and Wimmen
24 Ride Till I Die
25 Want Ad Blues
26 Everyday I Have the Blues
27 No Mail Blues
28 Unlucky woman
29 Airplane Blues
30 The World Is In a Tangle
31 Just My Broom
32 Fixin' To Die Blues
33 Good Feeling Blues
34 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
35 Good Morning
36 Mighty Long Time
37 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
38 Midnight Special
39 Mr. Conductor Man
40 Milk Cow Blues
41 Booker T Blues
42 The Bourgeois Blues
43 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
44 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
45 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Hard Days
48 Country Blues
49 Rollin' Stone
50 Hoochie Coochie Man
51 Jitterbug Blues
52 Ramblin' Kid Blues
53 I Be's Troubled
54 Louisiana Blues
55 Muddy Jumps One
56 Gipsy Woman
57 Walking Blues
58 Juke
59 Blue Baby
60 How Many More Years
61 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
62 That's A Pretty Good Love
63 River Blues, Part 1
64 I Want to Rock
65 Fine Looking Woman
66 Everyday I Have The Blues
67 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
68 That Evil Child
69 Mr. Pawnbroker
70 Walkin' And Cryin'
71 Three O'clock In The Morning Blues
72 Outside Help
73 Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
74 Quit My Baby
75 Sweet Sixteen
76 The Other Night Blues
77 It's My Own Fault
78 How Blue Can You Get
79 A New Way of Driving
80 Catfish Blues
81 Guess Who
82 Long Nights
83 B.B. Boogie
84 The Letter
85 Stormy Weather
86 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
87 Trombone Cholly
88 Send Me to the Electric Chair
89 Nashville Women's Blues
90 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
91 Lock and Hey
92 Alexander's Ragtime Band
93 I Won't Be You
94 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
95 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
96 The Yellow Dog Blues
97 Honey Man Blues
98 Reckless Blues
99 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
100 Cake Walkin' Babies
101 Sing Sing Prison Blues
102 I Want Ev'ry Bit of It
103 After You're Gone
104 Ain't Got Nobody
105 Black Water Blues
106 Sinful Blues
107 Careless Love
108 Hound Dog
109 Me & My Chauffeur Blues
110 My Gal's a Jockey
111 Midnight Hour Blues
112 Hootin' the Blues
113 Korea Blues
114 The Mojo Boogie
115 Write Me a Letter
116 You're My Best Poker Hand
117 Stormy Monday Blues
118 Married Woman's Boogie
119 Stack of Dollars
120 5-10-15 Hours
121 Spoonfull Blues
122 Guitar Blues
123 Away Down In the Alley
124 Blues 5
125 I'm so Glad
126 That Crawling Baby Blue
127 Rabbit Foot Blues
128 Back to Korea
129 County Jail Special
130 Homeless And Hungry Blues
131 Let's Try It Again
132 I'm Mighty Tight Woman
133 Texas Hop
134 Cake Walking Babies
135 Canned Heat Blues
136 Crazy Blues
137 Freight Train Blues
138 CC Rider
139 Leaving This Morning
140 Rolling Log Blues
141 Romance In The Dark
142 Tb Blues
143 Christmas Morning Blues
144 Six Three O
145 Crazy World
146 Shotgun Blues
147 Freight Train Blues
148 My Good Pott
149 Don't Be Angry
150 The Hucklebuck
151 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
152 Bottle It Up and Go
153 Hard Times Blues
154 Gotta Go Baby
155 Big Town Playboy
156 County Jail Blues
157 Chauffeur Blues
2 Half a Stranger
3 Wednesday Evening Blues
4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Time Is Marching
6 Run On
7 Boogie Chillen'
8 I'm In the Mood
9 Rock House Boogie
10 Love Blues
11 Maudie
12 Dimples
13 Crawling Kingsnake
14 I Love You Honey
15 Alberta
16 Shake, Holler And Run
17 Hobo Blues
18 Cool Little Car
19 Blues Before Sunrise
20 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
21 Louise
22 I'm so Excited
23 Whiskey and Wimmen
24 Ride Till I Die
25 Want Ad Blues
26 Everyday I Have the Blues
27 No Mail Blues
28 Unlucky woman
29 Airplane Blues
30 The World Is In a Tangle
31 Just My Broom
32 Fixin' To Die Blues
33 Good Feeling Blues
34 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
35 Good Morning
36 Mighty Long Time
37 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
38 Midnight Special
39 Mr. Conductor Man
40 Milk Cow Blues
41 Booker T Blues
42 The Bourgeois Blues
43 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
44 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
45 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Hard Days
48 Country Blues
49 Rollin' Stone
50 Hoochie Coochie Man
51 Jitterbug Blues
52 Ramblin' Kid Blues
53 I Be's Troubled
54 Louisiana Blues
55 Muddy Jumps One
56 Gipsy Woman
57 Walking Blues
58 Juke
59 Blue Baby
60 How Many More Years
61 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
62 That's A Pretty Good Love
63 River Blues, Part 1
64 I Want to Rock
65 Fine Looking Woman
66 Everyday I Have The Blues
67 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
68 That Evil Child
69 Mr. Pawnbroker
70 Walkin' And Cryin'
71 Three O'clock In The Morning Blues
72 Outside Help
73 Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
74 Quit My Baby
75 Sweet Sixteen
76 The Other Night Blues
77 It's My Own Fault
78 How Blue Can You Get
79 A New Way of Driving
80 Catfish Blues
81 Guess Who
82 Long Nights
83 B.B. Boogie
84 The Letter
85 Stormy Weather
86 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
87 Trombone Cholly
88 Send Me to the Electric Chair
89 Nashville Women's Blues
90 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
91 Lock and Hey
92 Alexander's Ragtime Band
93 I Won't Be You
94 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
95 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
96 The Yellow Dog Blues
97 Honey Man Blues
98 Reckless Blues
99 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
100 Cake Walkin' Babies
101 Sing Sing Prison Blues
102 I Want Ev'ry Bit of It
103 After You're Gone
104 Ain't Got Nobody
105 Black Water Blues
106 Sinful Blues
107 Careless Love
108 Hound Dog
109 Me & My Chauffeur Blues
110 My Gal's a Jockey
111 Midnight Hour Blues
112 Hootin' the Blues
113 Korea Blues
114 The Mojo Boogie
115 Write Me a Letter
116 You're My Best Poker Hand
117 Stormy Monday Blues
118 Married Woman's Boogie
119 Stack of Dollars
120 5-10-15 Hours
121 Spoonfull Blues
122 Guitar Blues
123 Away Down In the Alley
124 Blues 5
125 I'm so Glad
126 That Crawling Baby Blue
127 Rabbit Foot Blues
128 Back to Korea
129 County Jail Special
130 Homeless And Hungry Blues
131 Let's Try It Again
132 I'm Mighty Tight Woman
133 Texas Hop
134 Cake Walking Babies
135 Canned Heat Blues
136 Crazy Blues
137 Freight Train Blues
138 CC Rider
139 Leaving This Morning
140 Rolling Log Blues
141 Romance In The Dark
142 Tb Blues
143 Christmas Morning Blues
144 Six Three O
145 Crazy World
146 Shotgun Blues
147 Freight Train Blues
148 My Good Pott
149 Don't Be Angry
150 The Hucklebuck
151 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
152 Bottle It Up and Go
153 Hard Times Blues
154 Gotta Go Baby
155 Big Town Playboy
156 County Jail Blues
157 Chauffeur Blues
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