Black Panther Blues - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson

My baby thinks she a black panter

She wanna climb up in her tree an jump down

Now she wants cut my throat

When ain’t nobody else around

My baby thinks she’s a black panter

Now an she wants to rule me a while, yeah

Now when she says something contrary

Now she don’t want me to do nothin' but smile

Last night in my bed I found a black panter

Must-a been about forty-nine inches

You could hear me holler

Man, an I didn’t have time to swaller

In my bed I found a black panter, mm

Musta been about forty-nine inches long now

Now an I went an got my shotgun 'n I started to kill 'er

But I thought my baby’s been doin' me wrong

Well, the panter think’s she’s a-rulin'

Now because she always has her way

Now but someday she gonna meet the lion

She ain’t 'on even have no place to stay

Now my b-baby thinks she’s a black panter, mm

Now an she wants to rule me awhile, yeah

Now an when she says somethin' contrary

She don’t want me to do nothin' but smile, yeah.