Stole Rider Blues

Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959), was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to exclusively use twelve-string guitars. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor, differed greatly from many of the harsher voice types employed by Delta bluesmen, such as Charlie Patton. McTell embodied a variety of musical styles, including blues, ragtime, religious music, and hokum. more »

Year:: 1991
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I'm going to grab me a train 
Ride the lonesome rail
Liquor stole my baby
She's in the lonesome jail

He took my mama
Her to the town of *Rome*
Now she's screaming and crying 
Papa let your mama come
Back home

I stole my good gal 
From my bosom friend
That fool got lucky 
He stole her back again

That little woman I love 
Got a mouth chock full of good gold
Every time you hug and kiss me 
It make my blood run cold

When you see two women 
Running hand in hand
Bet you my last dollar 
One done stole the other one's man

I'm leaving town 
Please don't spread the news
That why I've got these old stole rider blues

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Written by: WILLIE MCTELL

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