Lyrics Joe Louis and John Henry Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
Joe
Louis
And
John
Henry
Blues
2:
54
Trk
12
Sonny
Boy
Williamson
I
(John
Lee
Williamson)
(John
Lee
Williamson)
With
Big
Bill
Broonzy
- guitar,
Walter
Davis
- piano
Record:
July
21st
1939,
Chicago,
Illinois
Album:
Sonny
Boy
Williamson
'The
Blues'
Chicago
1937-1945
by
Fremeaux&
Associates
#FA
253
Well,
while
I
was
sit'n
at
Madison
Square
Gardens
Now,
just
to
watch
the
big
fight
come
through
Hoo-hoo,
well
Well,
just
to
watch
the
big
fight
come
through
Well-well,
the
'right-left'
that
Joe
Louis
was
usin'
Hoo-well,
man
Give
John
Henry,
Louis's
head
the
blues,
now
Well-well,
then
Joe's
manager
pat
him
on
the
shoulders
Says,
'Joe,
don't
you
use
that
right
so
fast'
Hoo-well,
said,
'Let
me
talk
with
you,
now'
Said,
'Please
don't
use
that
right
so
fast'
Well-well,
I
say
'You
stop
'n
let
John
Henrys
catch
his
breaf'
Hoo-hoo,
well
'just
as
long
as
he
can
last'
Well,
that
night
I
didn't
have
but
fifty
cents
I
was
in
Jackson
wuppin'
with
the
wimen
an
men
Hoo-well
Down
in
Jackson
wuppin'
with
the
wimen
an
men
Well-well,
then
I
betted
my
fifty
cents
on
Joe
Hoo-hoo-well,
now
it
time
I
won
my
fifty
cent
back,
again
('Yas,
yas,
play
it
for
me,
you
know')
Well-well,
then
John
Henry's
manager
told
him
He
says,
'John
Henry
why
don't
you
use
yo'
right,
now?'
Hoo-well,
says,
'Son
let
me
talk
wit'ch
you'
'John
Henry
why
don't
you
use
yo'
right?'
Well-well,
he
said,
'Joe
Louis
'ill
block
you
wit'
a-left'
Hoo-well
man,
'An
I
swear
man
he
just
makes
you
tired'.
1 T.B. Blues
2 Something Going On Wrong
3 Good Gal Blues
4 Joe Louis and John Henry Blues
5 Thinking My Blues Away
6 I'm Not Pleasing You
7 New Jail House Blues
8 Life Time Blues
9 Miss Ida Lee
10 Tell Me Baby
11 Honey Bee Blues
12 I' Been Dealing With the Devil
13 War Time Blues
14 Train Fare Blues
15 Decoration Day Blues No. 2
16 New Early In the Morning
17 Welfare Store Blues
18 My Little Machine
19 Western Union Man
20 Big Apple Blues
21 Springtime Blues
22 My Baby Made a Change
23 Shotgun Blues
24 Coal and Iceman Blues
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