Travelling Riverside Blues (BBC Session)

Asked sweet mama, "Let me be your kid"

She said, "You might get hurt if you don't keep it hid"

Well I, I know my baby if I see her in the dark

I said, "I know my rider if I see her in the dark"

Now, I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

Still barrelhouse 'cause it's on the riverside

I know my baby, Lord, I said, "Beware, there's something wrong"

I know my mama, Lord, a brown-skin but she ain't no plum

See my baby, tell her, tell her, "Hurry home"

Had no loving since my baby been gone

See my baby, tell her, "Hurry on home"

I ain't had, no, my right mind since my rider's been gone

Hey, promises she's my rider

I wanna tell you, she's my rider

Blow your mind, she's my rider

She ain't but sixteen, but she's my rider

I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

Anybody argue with me, man, I'll keep them satisfied, but I

See my baby, tell her, tell her the shape I'm in

Ain't had no loving, Lord, since you-know-when

My kindhearted baby

You studies evil all the time

She's a kindhearted woman

Studies evil all the time

Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg

Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed

Will you squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg?

Oh, the way that you squeeze it, girl

I swear, I'm gonna fall right out of bed

She's my kindhearted baby

I want to take my rider by my side

I said, her front teeth are lined with gold

She's got a mortgage on my body, got a lien on my soul

She's my brown-skinned sugar plum