Third Degree - From The Cradle

(by eddie boyd and willie dixon) Got me accused of peeping, i can’t see a thing. Got me accused of petting, i can’t even raise my hand. Bad luck, bad luck is killing me. Well i just can’t stand no more of this third degree. Got me accused of murder, i ain’t harmed a man. […]

Standin’ Round Crying - From The Cradle

(by mckinley morganfield) Oh baby, look how you got me standin’ ’round crying. Oh baby, look how you got me standin’ ’round crying. Lord i love you little girl, you’re always resting on my mind. Oh baby, i ain’t gonna be riding you ’round in my automobile. Oh baby, i ain’t gonna be riding you […]

Someday After While - From The Cradle

(by freddy king and sonny thompson) I’ve got to ride that lonesome train. My heart is heavy with aches and pain. I said but someday, someday baby, After a while, you will be sorry. Every day my clouds are grey; It takes you to roll all those clouds away. I said but someday, someday baby, […]

Sinner’s Prayer - From The Cradle

(by lowell glenn and lowell fulson) Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me. Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me. Well if i’ve done somebody wrong, lord, have mercy if you please. I used to have plenty of money, the finest clothes in town, But bad luck and trouble overtaken me, bound to […]

Reconsider Baby - From The Cradle

(by lowell fulson) So long, oh i hate to see you go. So long, oh i hate to see you go. And the way that i will miss you, i guess you will never know. We’ve been together so long to have to separate this way. We’ve been together so long to have to separate […]

Motherless Child - From The Cradle

(traditional) If i mistreat you girl, i sure don’t mean no harm. If i mistreat you girl, i sure don’t mean no harm. Well, i’m a motherless child; i don’t know right from wrong. Please tell me pretty mama, honey where’d you stay last night? Please tell me pretty mama, honey where’d you stay last […]

It Hurts Me Too - From The Cradle

(by elmore james) You said you was hurting, almost lost your mind, And the man you love, he hurts you all the time. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. You love him more when you should love him less. I pick up behind him and take his mess. When […]

I’m Tore Down - From The Cradle

(by sonny thompson) I’m tore down, i’m almost level with the ground. I’m tore down, i’m almost level with the ground. Well, i feel like this when my baby can’t be found. I went to the river to jump in. My baby showed up and said, "i will tell you when." Well, i’m tore down, […]

How Long Blues - From The Cradle

(by leroy carr) How long, baby how long, Has that evening train been gone? How long, how how long, baby how long? Went to the station, didn’t see no train. Down in my heart, i have an aching pain. How long, how how long, baby how long? I feel disgusted, i feel so bad Thinking […]

Hoochie Coochie Man - From The Cradle

(by willie dixon) Gypsy woman told my mother ‘fore i was born, You got a boy-child coming, gonna be a son of a gun. Gonna make pretty womens jump and shout, And then the world wanna know what this all about. But you know i’m here. Everybody knows i’m here. Well, i’m the hoochie coochie […]