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Death Letter Blues (Alternative Take) Lyrics by Son House

Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions

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[Producer]
We'd like absolute quiet in the room too please, ok?
79148, Death Letter, Take 2
[Son]
I had a job on the Levee, I had a good looking woman, then you
[Producer]
Excuse me, Son, I want the same number again, Death Letter again
[Son] [Producer]
Oh, oh the same one? Ok
I'm sorry then, alright Alright it's alright
[Producer]
Ok false start, uh, 79148, Take 2
[Son]
I got a letter this mornin, how do you reckon it read?
It said, "Hurry, hurry the gal, you love is dead"
I got a letter this mornin, I say how do you reckon it read?
You know, it said, "Hurry, hurry, cause the gal you love is dead"
So, I grabbed up my suitcase, and took off down the road
When I got there she was layin on a coolin' board
I grabbed up my suitcase, and I said and I took off down the road
I said, but when I got there she was already layin on a coolin' board
Well, I walked up right close, looked down in her face
Said, the good ol' gal got to lay here till the Judgment Day
I walked up right close, and I said I looked down in her face
I said the good ol' gal, she got to lay here till the Judgment Day
Looked like there was 10,000 people standin' round the buryin' ground
I didn't know I loved her till they laid her down
Looked like 10,000 were standin' round the buryin' ground
You know I didn't know I loved her till they began to lay her down
Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold
I said, Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
You know I wouldn't mistreat nobody, baby, not for my weight in gold
You know I didn't feel so bad, till the good ol' sun went down
I didn't have nobody to throw my arms around
I didn't feel so bad, till the good ol' sun went down
You know, I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
You know I went in my room, I bowed down to pray
The blues came along and drove my spirit away
I went in my room, I said I bowed down to pray
I said well the blues came along and drove my spirit away
I loved you baby, like I love myself
You don't have me, you won't have nobody else
I loved you honey, better than I did myself
I said now if you don't have me, I didn't want you to have nobody else
Well, listen, whatever you do
This is one thing, honey, I tried to get along with you
Yes, no tellin' what you do
I done everything I could, just to try and get along with you
Well, the minutes seemed like hours, hours seemed like days
It seemed like my baby outta been stopped from low-down ways
Minutes seemed like hours, hours they seemed like days
Seems like my baby shoulda stopped her low-down ways
You know, it's hard to love someone that don't love you
Don't look like satisfaction, don't care what in the world you do
Yeah, it's hard to love someone that don't love you
You know it don't be satisfaction, don't care what in the world you do
You know, love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do
Love sometimes leaves you feeling sad and blue
You know, love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do
Love sometimes make you feel sad and blue
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