Stepfather Blues-Big Joe Williams

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[00:00.00]Stepfather Blues - Big Joe Williams
[00:04.97]Aw when I was a little boy mama
[00:08.02]About sixteen inches high
[00:14.57]When I was a little boy baby
[00:17.80]About sixteen inches high
[00:22.00]I had a mean stepfather
[00:24.36]Lord he didn't want me to eat a bite
[00:29.99]I got a mean stepfather now
[00:32.83]Know you got a one too
[00:37.26]I got a mean stepfather
[00:39.96]And I know you have one too
[00:45.11]And my Mother's dead and gone
[00:47.63]Nothing in the world that he will do
[00:52.92]Well my Mother she gone
[00:55.79]And I hope she going to stay
[01:00.45]Well my Mother she gone hoo
[01:02.63]Lord and I hope she going to stay
[01:09.09]I have mean stepfather
[01:12.14]He done drove me away
[01:17.86]When I was a little boy Lord
[01:20.90]My stepfather didn't allow me around
[01:26.65]When I was a little boy mama
[01:29.53]Stepfather didn't allow me around
[01:33.69]He's a no good w**d mama
[01:35.58]And the cows won't mow him down
[01:39.40]Well poor Joe leaving this morning
[01:42.38]My face is full of frowns
[01:48.73]Well I'm leaving this morning
[01:51.75]Face is full of frowns
[01:55.75]I got a mean stepfather
[01:57.36]My dear mother
[01:58.55]She don't allow me around
[02:03.20]That's all right
[02:06.11]May be home someday
[02:09.84]Oh Lord Lord mama
[02:11.57]May be home someday
[02:17.12]My mean stepfather is gwine
[02:19.73]Give me a place to lay
[02:25.61]I am a little boy
[02:29.37]I cried all night long
[02:33.86]Oh Lord I'm a little boy
[02:36.69]I cried the whole night long
[02:40.83]My stepfather he sweared
[02:43.55]He done me wrong
[02:47.90]When I be dogged mama
[02:51.58]I leave my happy home
[02:55.27]Play
[02:56.30]Before I be dogged now baby
[02:59.56]I leave my happy home
[03:02.85]He's a no good w**d well
[03:04.90]He's done gone