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Got the banjo blues and I'm feeling awful, I mean awful, I mean bad
Got the banjo blues and I'm feeling awful bad
And the blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad
I had a good woman but the fool laid down and, I mean down and, I mean died
I had a good woman but the fool laid down and died
Got the banjo blues and I'm too darn mean to cry
SPOKEN: Play it a long time, boy. To my gal's in Cincinnati. She's all right with me
Now, give me some cover, honey, I'm getting, I'm getting, I'm cold
Now, give me some cover, I'm getting cold
And the blues ain't hitting you, you're only getting old
Now the Mississippi River so long and deep and, mean deep and, I mean wide
And the Mississippi River so long and deep and wide
And my gal, she's on the Arkansas side
SPOKEN: Do it for me, boy
And my little babe, she is so tall and, I mean tall and, I mean thin
And my little babe she is so tall and thin
Likes the town's top preacher, but she loves her gin
"New Jelly Roll Blues"--Peg Leg Howell
Peg Leg, capoed in Spanish, Henry Williams, C, standard tuning
Jelly roll, jelly roll ain't so hard to find
Ain't a bakin' shop in town bake 'em brown like mine
I've got a sweet jelly, a lovin' sweet jelly roll
If you taste my jelly it'll satisfy your weary soul
[mix-up] who say they're blind
That jelly you got'll change anybody's mind
I've got a sweet jelly, I've got a sweet jelly roll
If you taste my jelly, your mama can't keep you home
[Williams sings] The reason I love my best gal so
She's got the same jelly roll she had a hundred years ago
[Fiddle] , sweet jelly roll
When you taste that jelly it'll satisfy your weary soul
[Williams sings] Jelly roll, jelly roll, layin' on the fence
If you don't come and get it you ain't got no sense
Taste that jelly, it's a lovin' sweet jelly roll
Taste that jelly it'll satisfy your weary soul
Old Aunt Dinah she's long and tall
Spreads her legs from wall to wall
Oh, she's got a sweet jelly, got a sweet jelly roll
Taste your jelly,your mama can't keep you home
She laid right down, in the grass
You've never seed a woman shake her jelly so fast
She's got a nice jelly to satisfy your weary soul
Taste that jelly, your mama can't keep you home
I've never been to church and I've never been to school
Come down to jelly, I'm a jelly-rollin' fool
I've got a sweet jelly, satisfy my weary soul
I like my jelly and I like to have my fun
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