Welfare Store Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson I
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(harmonica intro) Now me an my baby we talked late last night An we talked for another hour She wanted me to go down to the welfare sto' And get a sack a-that welfare flour But I told her, 'No' 'Baby an I sho' don't wanna go' I said, 'I'll do anything in the world for you I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto' Now, you need to go get you some real, white man You know, to sign yo' little note They give ya a pair of them king-toed shoes I want no a-them pleat-back, soldier coat But I told 'er, 'No' 'Baby an I sho' don't wanna go I say, 'I'll do anything in the world for ya 'But I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto' (harmonica, drums, guitar) President Roosevelt said, on welfare people They gonna treat ev'ryone right Said, they give ya a can of them beans An a can or two of them old tripe But I told 'er, 'No' 'Baby, an I sho' don't wanna go I say, 'I'll do anything in the world for ya 'But I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto', now Well now, me an my baby we talked yesterday An we talked in my backyard She said, 'I'll take care-a you, Sonny Boy Just as long as these times stay hard' An I told her, 'Yeah, baby an I sho' won't have to go' I said, 'If you do that for me I won't have to go down to that welfare sto'.
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Written by: WILLIE WILLIAMSON
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