M and O Blues - Charlie Patton

I leave here I’m going to catch that M&O

Now when I leave here I’m going to catch that M&O

I’m going way down south where I ain’t never been before

Once I had a notion, Lord, and I believe I will

Once I had a notion, Lord, and I believe I will

I’m going to build me a mansion out on Decatur Hill

Now it’s all of you men ought to be ashamed of yourself

It is all of you men ought to be ashamed of yourself

Going around swearing before God you got a poor woman by yourself

I started to kill my woman till she laid down across the bed

I started to kill my woman till she laid down across the bed

And she looked so ambitious till I took back everything I said

And I asked her how about it, Lord, and she said «All right»

And I asked her how about it, Lord, and she said «All right»

But she never showed up at the shack last night