T-Bone Steak Blues - Sleepy John Estes

James 'Yank' Rachell — Vocal & mandolin

Sleepy John Estes — guitar and 'Tee' - harmonica

Recorded: October 2, 1929 Victor # 56 336−2

'Legendenary 1928 — 1930 Recordings'

JSP Records CD3406

Say you talkin' 'bout your red ripe tomatoes

I’m crazy bout my t-bone steak

Said you talkin' bout your red ripe tomatoes

I’m crazy bout my t-bone steak

Said, I’m gonna find me a faror

To share my Cadillac Eight

I got the railroad blues

Troubles come ov’r my mind

I got the railroad blues

Trouble come ov’r my mind

And that girl I’m lovin'

She sho' done left this time

Say if I had ways

Like a bullfrog on a pond

Say if I had ways

Like a bullfrog on a pond

I would ride right 'chere

Lie in sweet mama’s arms

You love once ain’t, forever

You know babe, two

Lord, anybod' twice

Your love once ain’t, forever

You know babe, two

Lord, anybod' twice

But you woman all get a good man

You don’t know how to treat him right.

Note: The 1st verse relates to the last verse of 'That's What My Baby Likes'

recorded by Lucille Bogan as follows:

'I gets red ripe tomatoes, buy me a T-bone steak

And if I fix it like he tell me, he’ll give me a Cadillac Eight

That’s what my baby likes, that’s what my baby likes

He’s crazy about me, and he do let me have my fun.