Lead Belly - Ella Speed - Remastered Lyrics

Lyrics Ella Speed - Remastered - Lead Belly




Bill Martin he was long an' slender,
Better known by bein' a bartender.
Bill Martin he was long an' slender,
Better known by bein' a bartender.
Bill Martin he was a man whut had a very small hand
He worked ev'y night at de coffee stand.
Bill Martin he was a man whut had a very small hand
He worked ev'y night at de coffee stand.
He walked out for to borrow a gun'
Something Bill Martin had never done.
Ella Speed was downtown havin' her lovin' fun,
Long came Bill Martin wid his Colt 41.
De fust ball it entered in po' Ella's side,
De nex' ball entered in her breas',
De third ball it entered in her head;
Dat's de ball dat put po' Ella to bed.
All de young gals eome a-runnin'an'cryin',
All de young gals come a-runnin'an'a-cryin',
"It ain' but de one thing worry de po' gal's min'-
She lef' her two lil boys behin'."
De deed dat Bill Martin done'
Jedge sentence: "You gonna be hung."
De deed dat Bill Martin done'
Jedge sentence: "You gonna be hung."
They taken Bill Martin to de freight depot,
An' de train come rollin' by,
He wave his han' at de woman dat he love
An' he hung down his head an' he cry.
All you young girls better take heed'
Don' you do like po' Ella Speed;
Some day you will go for to have a lil fun
An'a man will do you like Bill Martin done.



Writer(s): Huddie Ledbetter, Collected & Adapted By John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax


Lead Belly - Selected Sides 1934-1948, Vol. 1: Matchbox Blues 1934-1937 (Remastered)

1 Mr Tom Hughes' Town - Remastered
2 I Got up This Mornin', Had to Get up so Soon - Remastered
3 Matchbox Blues (Jul. 1934 Version) - Remastered
4 Blues I Got Make a Newborn Baby Cry - Remastered
5 Irene (Pt. 1) - Remastered
6 Irene (Pt. 2) - Remastered
7 Angola Blues - Remastered
8 Careless Love - Remastered
9 Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No More - Remastered
10 Frankie and Albert (Remastered)
11 Ella Speed - Remastered
12 Governor Pat Neff - Remastered
13 Which Way Do the Red River Run - Remastered
14 You Don't Know My Mind - Remastered
15 Thirty Days in the Workhouse - Remastered
16 Fort Worth and Dallas Blues - Remastered
17 Death Letter Blues - Remastered
18 Easy Mr Tom - Remastered
19 Becky Dean - Remastered
20 Got a Gal in Town with Her Mouth Chock Full of Gold - Remastered
21 Midnight Special - Remastered
22 The Shreveport Jail - Remastered
23 I Ain't Bothered a Bit (Pt. 1) - Remastered
24 I Ain't Bothered a Bit (Pt. 2) - Remastered
25 Blind Lemon Blues - Remastered
26 The Medicine Man - Remastered
27 Red Cross Sto' - Remastered
28 Fo' Day Worry Blues - Remastered
29 Take Me Back - Remastered
30 Matchbox Blues (Feb. 1945 Version) - Remastered
31 Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil in It - Remastered
32 Henry Ford Blues - Remastered
33 Don't You Love Me No More - Remastered
34 De Kalb Blues (Remastered)
35 I'm Gonna Hold It in Her While She's Young and Tender - Remastered
36 Dick Licker's Holler - Remastered
37 Shorty George - Remastered
38 Elnora - Remastered
39 Last Night in the Evening - Remastered
40 Something, Something Keeps A-Worryin' Me - Remastered




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