(My Country) Sugar Mama

by Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf recording of August 1964 from Real Folk Blues (MCA 9273) Now just tell me sugar mama, where in the world did you get your sugar from Now just tell me sugar mama, where in the world did you get your sugar from Way down in Louisiana, you come off of your father's sugar farm I like my coffee in the mornin', woman I'm crazy about my tea at night I like my coffee in the mornin', crazy about my tea at night If I don't get my sugar three times a day, oh darlin' I don't feel right You know they're braggin' about your good sugar, you know they're braggin' all over town You know they're braggin' about your sugar babe, you know they're braggin' all over town (Spoken: what they sayin' about you) They say that's granulated sugar, best ever to come off the farm

 

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