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.

Album
Selected Sides 1934-1948, Vol. 1: Matchbox Blues 1934-1937 (Remastered)
date of release
10-03-2014
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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