34 Blues Lyrics - Singles - Charley Patton

I ain't gonna tell nobody, '34 have done for me 

I ain't gonna tell nobody what, '34 have done for me 

Took my roller(1), I was broke as I could be 

They run me from Will Dockery's(2), Willie Brown, I 

want your job 

They run me from Will Dockery's, Willie Brown, I want 

your job 

(spoken: Buddy, what's the matter?) 

I went out and told papa Charley, 

"I don't want you hangin' round on my job no more" 

Fella, down in the country, it almost make you cry 

Fella, down in the country, it almost make you cry 

(spoken: My God, children!) 

Women and children flaggin' freight trains for rides 

Carmen got a little six Buick, big six Chevrolet car 

Carmen got a little six Buick, little six Chevrolet car 

(spoken: My God, what solid power!) 

And it don't do nothin' but, follow behind Holloway's 

farmer's plow 

And it may bring sorrow, Lord, it may bring tears 

It may bring sorrow, Lord, and it may bring tears 

Oh, Lord, oh, Lord, let me see your brand new year 

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Note 1: roller, according to Chris Schell "I believe 

Mississippi slang for a car being used to transport a 

woman is "doroller or biscuit roller. Roller 

meaning car would seem to me to make more sense in 

terms of this song which involves a woman leaving and 

in terms of the title which may refer to the year of 

the car." Thanks To Chris Schell; 

Note 2: the farm of Will Dockery, in Patton's native 

town Dockery, a Delta plantation town; 

This is another familiar Delta piece. Robert Johnson 

used the same melody in "If I had Possession Over 

Judgment Day" and "Traveling Riverside Blues". It has 

also been recorded under the title "Roll And Tumble 

Blues". Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf have issued 

versions of this as well.