Dead Shrimp Blues
Lament of Lost Shrimps: Robert Johnson's Blues Tale
Lyrics
I woke up this mornin' and all my shrimps was dead and gone
I woke up this morning, and all my shrimps were dead and gone.
I woke up this mornin', ooh, and all my shrimp was dead and gone
I woke up this morning, and again, all my shrimp were dead and gone.
I was thinkin' about you, baby, why you hear me weep and moan?
I was thinking about you, baby, wondering why you hear me weep and moan?
I got dead shrimps here, someone is fishin' in my pond
I have dead shrimps, and someone is fishing in my pond.
I got dead shrimps here, ooh, someone fishin' in my pond
I have dead shrimps, and someone is fishing in my pond again.
I've served my best bait, baby, and I can't do that no harm
I've used my best bait, baby, and I can't do that no harm.
Everything I do, babe, you got your mouth stuck out
Everything I do, babe, you seem displeased or disappointed.
Hole where I used to fish, you got me posted out
The fishing hole where I used to fish, you've got me excluded or ousted.
Everything I do, you got your mouth stuck out,
Everything I do, you seem displeased or disappointed.
At the hole where I used to fish, baby, you've got me posted out
At the fishing hole where I used to fish, baby, you've got me excluded or ousted.
I got dead shrimps here, someone fishin' in my pond
I have dead shrimps, and someone is fishing in my pond.
I got dead shrimps here, someone fishin' in my pond
I have dead shrimps, and someone is fishing in my pond again.
Catchin' my goggle-eye perches, and they barbequin' the bone
They are catching my goggle-eye perches and barbecuing the bone.
Now you taken my shrimps, baby, you know you turned me down
Now you've taken my shrimps, baby, you've rejected me.
I couldn't do nothin', until I got myself unwound
I couldn't do anything until I got myself unwound.
You taken my shrimps, ooh, know you turned me down
You've taken my shrimps; I know you rejected me.
Babe, I couldn't do nothin', until I got myself unwound
Babe, I couldn't do anything until I got myself unwound.
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