Lyric New Black Snake Blues-Part 2 (1928)
VS: I feel so shaky, my nerves done fade away.
I feel so shaky, my nerves done fade away.
I killed nine hundred and ninety-nine snakes today.
LJ: I know I m a cheater, I suck any woman s blood.
I know I m a cheater, I suck any woman s blood.
My home s not like yours, I can make it in a ditch of mud.
VS: Ohhhhh, my door stood open all night long.
Mmmm, my door stood open all night long.
Askin myself, where my black snake has gone?
LJ: Just before I left you, my tongue bit you on your leg.
Before I left, with my tongue I bit you on your leg.
I know I m poison, that s why I rather see you dead.
VS: I can stand everything but a black snake makin south.
I can stand everything but a black snake makin south.
LJ: You don t have to worry mama, I ain t comin back south no more.
I feel so shaky, my nerves done fade away.
I killed nine hundred and ninety-nine snakes today.
LJ: I know I m a cheater, I suck any woman s blood.
I know I m a cheater, I suck any woman s blood.
My home s not like yours, I can make it in a ditch of mud.
VS: Ohhhhh, my door stood open all night long.
Mmmm, my door stood open all night long.
Askin myself, where my black snake has gone?
LJ: Just before I left you, my tongue bit you on your leg.
Before I left, with my tongue I bit you on your leg.
I know I m poison, that s why I rather see you dead.
VS: I can stand everything but a black snake makin south.
I can stand everything but a black snake makin south.
LJ: You don t have to worry mama, I ain t comin back south no more.
