Long Time Ago Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw

This very mornin', long time ago

Um-hm-well-well

Been a long time ago

Well now I got in trouble

Ooo-well, brown babe now I’ve gotta go on

I gotta leave here

Now I can’t stay here no mo'

Ooo-hoo-well-well

Sorry I can’t stay here no mo'

Well now trouble now have got me Hm-hm-well now, an I gotta go on Ain’t it hard to have a home

An you can’t go there no mo'?

Now ain’t it hard to have a home

An you can’t go there no mo'?

Well, but now I’ve gotta travel on Ooo-well brown babe, now an I got to go

(guitar)

I barely I got up this mornin'

Babe I walked out in the street

I said, I got up this mornin'

Mama, I wandered in the street

And you know I met a man, hoo-well brown

He’s tryin' to raise a boogied hand

Well now you know about the reason

I’m away from home today

Um-hm-well, now that’s the reason

I’m away from home today

Well-well-well, 'till my bailiff caught me Ooo-well-brown, now I be away today.