Welfare Store Blues Lyrics - Sonny Boy Williamson I

(harmonica intro) 

Now me an my baby we talked late last night 

An we talked for another hour 

She wanted me to go down to the welfare sto' 

And get a sack a-that welfare flour 

But I told her, 'No' 

'Baby an I sho' don't wanna go' 

I said, 'I'll do anything in the world for you 

I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto' 

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Now, you need to go get you some real, white man 

You know, to sign yo' little note 

They give ya a pair of them king-toed shoes 

I want no a-them pleat-back, soldier coat 

But I told 'er, 'No' 

'Baby an I sho' don't wanna go 

I say, 'I'll do anything in the world for ya 

'But I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto' 

(harmonica, drums, guitar) 

President Roosevelt said, on welfare people 

They gonna treat ev'ryone right 

Said, they give ya a can of them beans 

An a can or two of them old tripe 

But I told 'er, 'No' 

'Baby, an I sho' don't wanna go 

I say, 'I'll do anything in the world for ya 

'But I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto', now 

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Well now, me an my baby we talked yesterday 

An we talked in my backyard 

She said, 'I'll take care-a you, Sonny Boy 

Just as long as these times stay hard' 

An I told her, 'Yeah, baby an I sho' won't have to go' 

I said, 'If you do that for me 

I won't have to go down to that welfare sto'.