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Cook, clean up. Come to the house and clean up, cook
That's one place I ain't never been
Oh, goddamn, it's some fine land there
Yeah? That's one place I ain't never been
Don't trip when you get there, boy
And then I'm gonna tell you one goddamn thing

I was down on the street, but I've been there all my life
I'm gonna tell you one damn thing. Mississippi got just the
Prettier women than any goddamn where in the United States
Let me see. Yeah?
Now goddamn it, you can believe that if
You want. And brother, I've been around
You been a lot of places
I mean

I got a buddy, I got a buddy got three horses. And we
Go hunting. Goddamn, we used to, 'fore we got the
Damn horses, we'd get on his tractor. Go down and...
On a tractor?
Hell yeah. You can't walk out there among them damn snakes
Get on the horse. May not see a snake. But hell, we ain't
Takin' no chance. We get on the tractor, the old Ford tractor
But what about when you get out there? You got
To get off the damn thing to hunt, ain't you?

Let the dog run, goddamn
You stay on the tractor?
Yeah, and when he tree, we work us a way to him

Ain't that a bit? I ain't never heard nobody go
Hunting with a tractor. That really is a new one
We do it

The last year, it was snakes badder last year than it
Was any year in history in the South. That's right
Yeah?
Goddamn right. Snakes was badder than any
Year in the history. And I ain't saw two

When I was a kid, I used to go down south and hunt
Now that's the truth. I ain't saw two goddamn snakes

Hey man, you know that "Black Snake
Blues"? You can put me in mind to that
You know, I used to play that "Black Snake Blues"
Try it now, baby. Go ahead
Wait a minute. Wait, I don't even know how it sound now. Wait a minute

. Mean black snake, black snake. It's been a hell of a time, boy. Oh
Goddamn. Can he remember that? Johnny May got you old as I am, huh?
Could be
Damn, that "Black Snake Blues," I used to play that thing

It's a mean black snake been my rider
No, "cross my baby's trail." Ain't that the way that thing went?
Something like that. It's a mean black snake that
Cross my baby's trail. Hell yeah. Mean black snake. No

That would be a motherfucker. If I could bring something back
With some rhythm to it. That black snake with rhythm. Got

Why don't you make up your own blues about a snake
Man? You know you can do it off the top of your
Head. Come on, let's get a little snake blues now
Can't think good as I used to. Wait a while
Give me a little while. Don't rush me
Take your time, baby

You know that is? I used to play that damn "Black Snake"
When I was a kid, I remember that song
I used to play that to 'em