Strange Place Blues

by Booker T. Washington White a.k.a. Bukka White recording of 19 from The Complete Sessions 1930-1940 (Travelin' Man 3) & The Complete Bukka White (Columbia CK-52782) I'm a stranger at this place and I'm lookin' for my mother's grave I'm a stranger at this place and I'm lookin' for my mother's grave Well it seems like to me, ooh well, well some of us goin' to wail I was at mother's grave, when they put my mother away I was at mother's grave, when they put my mother away And I can't find no one ooh, well, to take her place After my mother was put away, I thought my wife would take her place After my mother was put away, I thought my wife would take her place I'll show you the difference 'tween a mother and a wife, well, my wife done throw me away I wished I could find someone to take my mother's place I wished I could find someone to take my mother's place And if I can't find no one, ooh well, well you'll find me at her grave I'm standin' on my mother's grave and I wished I could seen her face I'm standin' on my mother's grave and I wished I could seen her face I'll be glad when that day comes, ooh well, well when it be to dive me away

 

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