Unreleased Songs

Washboard Sam Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.My Feet Jumped Salty

Lyricist:Ernest Lawler

The hookin' cow
Spoke about the little young heifer
The buckin' bull, says
'I just now left her'

Then the cow jumps salty
Now 'cause it was against her rules
Now if you think that she liked it
Well, you just a black-eyed fool

The little Guinea rooster
Told the little Guinea hen
'If I ever catch you squattin'
Around my nest again'

â½I will have to jump salty
Lord, 'cause it's really against my rulesâ
Now if you think that he liked it
Well, you just a black-eyed fool

Beat it out, boy
He another black-eyed fool
My, my, my

Now two old womens
Are runnin' hand in hand
The one found out
The other one had her man

Then that woman jumped salty
Lord, 'cause it was against her rules
Now if you think that she liked it
Well, you just a black-eyed fool

I was chattin' with a girl
In the wrong place
A man cocked a pistol
Right in my face

Then my feet jumped salty
Now 'cause it was against his rules
Now if you think that I liked it
Well, you just a black-eyed fool


2.Good Old Cabbage Greens

Lyricist:Willie Broonzy, Champion Jack Dupree

I'm goin' back south in New Orleans
Get myself some of them cabbage greens
Ooh, them greens, yes, them greens
Oh, them greens, they call them cabbage greens

I love my cabbage like a horse likes grass
'Cause they is right in my class
Ooh, them greens, yes, them greens
Oh, them greens, they call them cabbage greens

Beat it out, boy
I love my cabbage

Give me cabbage for my dinner, cabbage for my desert
Oh, when I don't get my cabbage, boy, how it hurt
Ooh, them greens, yes, them greens
Oh, them greens, they call them cabbage greens

My wife woke up at night, hurts me in the side
Says, 'Get up here, Daddy, I've got yo' cabbage fried'
Ooh, them greens, yes, them greens
Oh, them greens, they call them cabbage greens

When you give me greens and don't give me no meat
Woman, you know that's one thing, knock me off my feet
Ooh, them greens, yes, them greens
Oh, them greens, they call them cabbage greens


3.I've Been Treated Wrong

Lyricist:Robert Brown

I don't know my real name
I don't know when I was born
I don't know my real name
I don't know when I was born
The trouble I've been havin'
Seem like I was raised in an orphan home

My mother died and left me
When I was only two years old
My mother died and left me
When I was only two years old
And the trouble I've been havin'
The good Lord, only knows

I been treated like an orphan
And been worked, just like a slave
I been treated just like an orphan
And I've been worked, just like a slave
And if I never get my revenge
Evilness will carry to my grave

Play it one time

Now, I've been havin' trouble
Ever since I've been grown
Now, I've been havin' trouble
Ever since I've been grown
I'm too old for the orphan
And too young for an old folks home

Play it boys, play it, play it
Yes, yes


4.Evil Blues

Lyricist:Robert Brown

Yes, yes
Worst feelin' I ever had
Yes, yes
Worst feelin' I ever had
These old evil blues
Have treated me awful bad

I had the blues all night
I'll be glad when mornin' comes
I've had the blues all night
I'll be glad when the mornin' comes
I'm gonna have a talk with some gypsy
See what evil have I done

Play it one time, boy

These old evil blues
Have been followin' me all this week
These old evil blues
Have been followin' me all this week
I can't rest at midnight
And day, I just can't sleep

Take it boy, take it

Down in old Death Valley
Tombstones and old dry bones
Down in old Death Valley
Tombstones and old dry bones
These old evil blues keep followin' me
Death Valley gonna be my home