Louise, Louise Blues

by Big Bill Broonzy recording of March 19 1952 from House Rent Stomp (Blues Encore CD 52007), Louise, you the sweetest gal I know Louise, you the sweetest gal I know Yeah, you made me walk, walk from Chicago, baby, down to the Gulf of Mexico Now, look-a here, Louise, what you tryin' to do? You tryin' to give 'way my lovin', say you love me too Whoa Louise, baby that will never do Yeah, you know, you know you can't love Big Bill, baby, not and love some other man too Louise, I believe, somebody been fishin' in my pond They been catchin' all my perches, grinding up the bone Whoa Louise, baby that will never do Yeah, you know, you know, Louise, I ain't had no lovin' since you been gone Louise, you know you got ways, like a rattlesnake and a squirrel Every time you start the lovin', I declare, it's out of this world Whoa Louise, baby why don't bring your clothes back home? Yeah, you know, you know, Louise, I ain't had no lovin' since you been gone Louise, the big boat's up the river, she's on a bank of sand Now if she don't strike deep water, I declare she'll never land Whoa Louise, baby why don't you hurry home? Yeah, you know, you know Louise, I ain't had no lovin' since you been gone

 

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