I'm A Stranger Here Lyrics - The Original - Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee

I'm a stranger, just blowed in your town 

So I want my train fare home, so I have no worries on my babe 

I'm a stranger here, just blowed in your town 

Oh yes, I am, I'm a stranger here, just blowed in your town 

Well, because I'm a stranger everybody wants to dog me 'round 

Well, I wonder why some people treat the strangers so 

Oh yes, I do, I wonder why some people treat the strangers so 

Well, he may be your best friend that you will never know 

I'm gonna write home to daddy, send me my railroad fare 

Oh yes, I am, I'm gonna write home to daddy send me my railroad fare 

Well, if he don't send it, I don't mind walkin' down 

Go ahead man 

Yes, yes, yes 

Well, I wonder if my good girl knows I'm here 

Oh yes, I do, Lord, I wonder if my good girl knows I'm here 

Well, if she do, she just don't seem to care 

Well, I'm goin' back home, wear out ninety-nine pair of shoes 

Oh yes, I am, I'm goin' back home wear out ninety-nine pair of shoes 

Well, when I get back home I won't have these old stranger blues 

I'm gonna leave this town, nothing here that I can do 

Oh no, it ain't, I'm gonna leave this town, nothing here that I can do 

Well boy, sit right here in the troubadour 

Sing these old stranger blues 

Let's go out together 

Yes, yes, yes