Little Sarah Lyrics - Singles - Sleepy John Estes

Little Sarah Trk 4 Dsc 1 3:06 

Sleepy John Estes 

(James 'Yank' Rachell) 

James 'Yank' Rachell - Vocal & mandolin 

with Jab Jones - piano, James 'Sleepy John' Estes - guitar 

Recorded, September 26th 1929 Victor # 55597-2 

Album: Gus Cannon And His Jug Stompers 'Legendary 1928 -1930 Recordings' 

JSP Records CD3406 

Transcriber: [email protected] 

An I got up this mo'nin' 

A light on in my room 

An I got up this mo'nin 

A light on in my room 

An I looked behind me 

An I found my Sarah, gone 

If a man don't never study 

A-you will never have no blues 

If a man wouldn't study 

You would never have no blues 

But you get to thinkin' way back 

The way your baby used to do 

I got a little, Sarah 

She weigh about ninety pounds 

I got all a little, Sarah 

She weigh about ninety pounds 

Now but her mama an papa 

They sho' don't 'llow me me 'round 

I'm gon' sing you a song, baby 

I ain't gon' sing no more 

I'm gon' sing this song, baby 

I ain't gon' sing no mo' 

I'm gon' hang 'is mandolin under my shoulder 

Right down Front Street, I go 

I can hear that old train comin' 

Ah, it must-a-be comin' after me 

I can hear that old train a-comin' 

Must-a-be comin' after me 

An I'm gon' slip right by 

An call to my same old used to be. 

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