Shannon Street Blues Lyrics - Sonny Boy Williamson I

Shannon Street Blues Track 6 3:20 

Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee) 

(John Lee Williamson) 

Recorded June 17, 1938 - Aurora, Illinois 

with Yank Rachell - mandolin, Walter Davis - piano 

Joe Williams - guitar. 

Album: The Bluebird Recordings 1938 

June 17, 1938 to Dec 17, 1938 

BMG 1997 - RCA #07863 66796-2 

Transcriber: [email protected] 

I went down on Shannon Street 

Now to buy some alcohol 

I went down on Shannon Street 

Now to buy some alcohol 

I told him to put it half-full a-water 

But they didn't put it in any drop at all 

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So, I drunk my straight whiskey 

Now an I staggered on in the street 

So, I drink my straight whiskey 

Now an I staggered on in the street 

Now but my head got so heavy 

That my eyes couldn't even give a peep 

Lacey tells me, 'Papa, papa' 

Well, you ain't no good at all' 

Lacey tells me, 'Papa, papa' 

Well, you ain't no good at all' 

Now she say, 'You don't make me happy 

So long as you fool with this alcohol' 

Sometimes I tell her, 'Oooh 

Lacey, this alcohol is killin' me' 

Sometimes I tell her, 'Oooh 

Lacey, this alcohol is killin' me' 

Well, now they told me if I didn't quit drinkin' 

In some lonesome cemetery I would be 

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(harmonica & instrumental) 

I say, 'Lacey baby, won't you go ridin' 

Can an take you ridin' wit' me in my car?' 

I say, 'Lacey, baby won't you go ridin' 

Can an take you ridin' wit' me in my car?' 

She says, 'Sonny Boy, I'm scared you'll get a drink a-whiskey 

An I'm scared that we won't ride very fer. 

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