Rattlesnake Blues Lyrics

Charley Patton Rattlesnake Blues

I say I'm just like a rattlesnake baby : I say in the
middle of his coil

I ain't going to have no hard time : mama rolling through
this world

When I leave here mama : I'm going further down the road

So if I meet him up there : I'm going back to the Gulf of
Mexico

I'm going to shake glad hands mama : I say Lord with your
loving boy


Fixing to eat my supper : in Shelby Illinois

Vicksburg on a high hill : and Louisiana Lord it's just
below


If I get back there : I ain't going to never be bad no
more

And my baby's got a heart : like a piece of railroad
steel


If I leave here this morning : never say daddy how do you
feel