High Fever Blues

I'm taken down with the fever and it won't let me sleep I'm taken down with the fever and it won't let me sleep It was about three o'clock before he would let me be I wish somebody would come and drive my fever away I wish somebody, come and drive my fever away This fever I'm havin' sho' weaves in my way The fever I'm havin' sho' is hard on a man The fever I'm havin' sho' is hard on a man They don't allow my lover come and shake my hand I wonder what's the matter with the fever, sho' is hard on a man I wanna know what's the matter, how come this fever hard on a man Doctor said, "Ain't the fever, that's your lover has another man" Doctor get your fever gauge and put it under my tongue Doctor get your fever gauge and put it under my tongue Doctor says, "All you need, your lover in your arms" I wants my lover come and drive my fever away I wants my lover come and drive my fever away Doctor says she'll do me more good in a day Than he would in all of his days