recorded during his session on November 27, 1936 in San Antonio
| I | |
| I woke up this | mornin', feelin' round for my shoes; |
know by that I got these old walkin' blues.
| IV7 | I |
| Woke this mornin' feelin’ round for my | shoes, |
| V7 | IV7 | I | |
| but you | know by that I | got these old walkin' | blues. |
Lord I feel like blowin’ my old lonesome horn
Got up this mornin’, my little Bernice was gone, whoa...
I feel like blowin’ my lonesome horn.
Well I got up this mornin’, whoa all I had was gone.
Well, leave this mornin' if I have to, ride the blinds
I feel mistreated, and I don't mind dyin'
Leavin’ this mornin', if I have to ride the blind
Babe, I’ve been mistreated, baby and I don't mind dyin'
Well, some people tell me that the worried blues ain't bad,
worst old feelin' I most ever had.
Some people tell me that these old worried old blues ain't bad.
It's the worst old feelin', I most ever had.
She’s got a Elgin movement from her head down to her toes,
break in on a dollar most anywhere she goes.
Ooh, from her head down to her toes
Lord, she break in on a dollar, most anywhere she goes.
| Song History |
Once he had climbed on board, in itself a very dangerous task, a hobo
would try and make his way to the 'blinds' if he could. These were the
baggage cars next to the tender, which were 'blind' having no end door
so the conductor or railroad police could not walk through the train to
the first vehicle, behind the locomotive. Hence it was a relatively
comfortable safe haven. More dangerous, but out of sight and unreachable
by the railroad workers, was to perch on the brake rods that ran beneath
the freight cars. Risking his life he might try to worm his way across these,
finding a means of balancing precariously there, or he might carry a small
board to throw across the rods and then lie on it in the narrow gap between
them and the underneath of the rail car.