Lyric New Black Snake Blues-Part 1 (1928)
VS: Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhhhh, huh huh,
Ahhhhh, huh huh, hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmmm.
LJ: Something keep a moanin , I don t know what it is.
VS: In my path lays a black snake, bout 8 or 9 inches.
Here me screamin , man I ain t dreamin .
In my path lay a black snake, bout 8 or 9 inches long.
Got my axe and mean to kill him, before he sucks my rider stone.
LJ: When my right eye winks, on my knees I begin to crawl.
When my right eye winks, on my knees I begin to crawl.
It will be hell to tell the capt n, if I catch another man kickin in my stall.
VS: Ohhh, want my black snake to come back home.
Hmm, wonder if my black snake will come back home.
Wonder if he s been [with] another woman, Lord since he been gone.
LJ: There s no use a worryin , a baby bout the time being, early in the morning, late every night.
There s no use a worryin , baby bout the days being long.
The black snake has got the best of you, can t roll him from home.
Ahhhhh, huh huh, hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmmm.
LJ: Something keep a moanin , I don t know what it is.
VS: In my path lays a black snake, bout 8 or 9 inches.
Here me screamin , man I ain t dreamin .
In my path lay a black snake, bout 8 or 9 inches long.
Got my axe and mean to kill him, before he sucks my rider stone.
LJ: When my right eye winks, on my knees I begin to crawl.
When my right eye winks, on my knees I begin to crawl.
It will be hell to tell the capt n, if I catch another man kickin in my stall.
VS: Ohhh, want my black snake to come back home.
Hmm, wonder if my black snake will come back home.
Wonder if he s been [with] another woman, Lord since he been gone.
LJ: There s no use a worryin , a baby bout the time being, early in the morning, late every night.
There s no use a worryin , baby bout the days being long.
The black snake has got the best of you, can t roll him from home.
