Fulton Allen was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina, in 1909. An eye disease resulted in his blindness in 1928, a year after his marriage. He was discovered in 1935 by J. B. Long, and was a successful recording artist in the following five years for ARC, Vocalion and Okeh. He died in February 1941.
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A cat wearing a pair of pants? Coming to "steal my cream away"? Another variation on the jealous/suspicious man theme. Blind Boy Fuller recorded it in New York, on 29 April 1936. It's from the LP Oldie Blues OL 2809, which includes the lyrics (transcribed by Guido van Rijn).
Went home last night Heard a noise, I asked my wife what was that Went home last night Heard a noise, I asked my wife what was that Said Man don't be so suspicious That ain't nothin' but a cat Lord I travelled this world all over mama Takin' all kinds of chance Travelled this world all over mama Takin' all kinds of chance But I never come home before Seein' a cat wearin' a pair of pants Lord I wouldn't call him cat man If he'd come around in the day Wouldn't call him cat man If he'd come around in the day But he waits till late at night woman When he can steal my cream away Lord I want that cat man to stay away from my house Lordy when I'm out Lord I want that cat man to stay away from my house Oh Lord when I'm out Cause I believe he's the cause of my woman Wearin' the mattress down Said I went home last night Actin' just quiet as a lamb Said I went home last night Actin' quiet as a lamb I never raised no stuff man Till I heared my backdoor slam.
A popular tune (not strictly blues) recorded on October 29, 1938 with George Washington (washboard) and Sanford (Sonny Terry) Terrell (harmonica). George Washington used the artist name "Bull City Red" and "Oh Red", and he also accompanied "Blind Boy Fuller #2" - Brownie McGhee - after Blind Boy Fuller's death. While Sonny Terry, of course, later formed a lasting partnership with Brownie McGhee. It's a small world after all...
From the LP "Death Valley" (Oldie Blues OL 2809; lyrics transcribed by Guido van Rijn)
Wanna get in my airplane Wanna get in my airplane Wanna ride all over Wanna ride all over your town And if I spy the gal I'm lovin' Old fool gonna let this airplane Old fool gonna let this airplane down Now here's my hand Now here's my hand You can leave me where you want me You can leave me where you want me to go And if you leave me wrong this time And you won't leave me no And you won't leave me no more And I feel like walkin' (yes I do!) I feel like walkin' (Yes!) I feel like lyin' I feel like lyin' down And you know I feel just like lovin' My gal ain't nowhere My gal ain't nowhere around Now you're three times seven Now you're three times seven Ought to know what you want to Ought to know what you want to do Mama and the day that you quit me I won't be mad with Said I won't be mad with you Said I know my little woman Said I know my little woman She's bound to jump She's bound to jump and shout And whenever she gets hold of this here letter I done loved my long time I done loved my long time out
Recorded on December 15, 1937 in New York. From the LP "Death Valley" (Oldie Blues 2809; lyrics transcribed by Guido van Rijn)
Your calf is hungry mama I believe he needs a suck I say your calf is hungry mama And I believe he needs a suck Yes your milk is turnin' blue I believe he's out of luck Says I found out now mama The reason why I can't satisfy you, save my soul I said hey hey Can't satisfy you, save my soul Yes you've got a new cat He's sixteen years old But I'm gonna save my jelly mama Gonna bring it right home to you I said hey hey Gonna bring it right home to you You can't find no young cat Roll jelly like this old one do Says I got a new way of rollin' mama I think it must be best I said hey hey Yes I think it must be best Said these here North Carolina women Just won't let Blind Boy Fuller rest Mmmmmmmm Just won't let me rest Mmmmmmmm Just won't let me rest Said I got the kind of lovin' Yes Lord I think it must be best Said I roll jelly in the mornin' And I also roll at night I said hey hey I also roll at night And I don't stop rollin' Till I know I rolled that jelly just right
Recorded in Memphis, 12 July 1939; on the LP "Blue and Worried Man" (Travelin' Man TM 801). The song is based on a variation of the "How long how long blues" melody.
Oo-oo-ooh, oh Lordy Lord Oo-oo-ooh, oh Lordy Lord It doesn't matter baby how it feels I'll get along somehow You needn't come runnin', screamin' and cryin' You mistreats me woman, now you's off of my mind It doesn't matter baby how it happened I'll get along somehow When I tried to love you, you wouldn't pay me no mind You could spend my dollar like you did my dime It doesn't matter child how it happened I'll get along somehow Get away from my window, don't knock at my door I got me another woman, can't use you no more It doesn't matter child how it happened I'll get along somehow Oo-ooh well, well Lordy Lord Oo-oo-oh, oh Lordy Lord It doesn't matter child how it happened I'll get along somehow Now you know I told you, a long time ago You will have to reap just what you sow It doesn't matter baby how it happened I'll get along somehow I'm doin' better than I did before I ain't gonna let you worry my mind no more It doesn't matter baby how it happened I'll get along somehow
Recorded in Chicago on 19 June 1940, with George "Bull City Red" Washington (washboard). From the LP "Death Valley" (Oldie Blues OL 2809; lyrics transcribed by Guido van Rijn, slightly amended by us)
Said I went down by that freight depot And that freight train he come rollin' by Lord and I sure ain't got no lovin' baby now And I sure ain't got no lovin' baby now And I went off in that far distant land I wasn't there long before I got a telegram (What did it say?) Sayin' now man won't you please come home Now man won't you please come home Then I went back home, I looked on the bed And that best old friend I had was dead Lord, and I ain't got no lovin' baby now And I ain't got no lovin' baby now And I'm sorry, sorry, sorry to my heart But that best old friend someday must part Lord I ain't got no lovin' baby now And I ain't got no lovin' baby now (Play it for me now) Now as sure as the birds wings in the sky above Life ain't worth livin' if you ain't with the one you love Lord and I ain't got no lovin' baby now Lord I ain't got no lover now If I'd knowed you didn't love me and didn't want me to I would've taken morphine and died Lord I ain't got no lovin' baby now And I ain't got no lovin' baby now
Blind Boy Fuller recorded this song in New York on 12 July 1937 (from Oldie Blues OL 2809, lyrics transcribed by Guido van Rijn and double-checked by us :)
Say you can't never tell What's on these women's mind Say you can't never tell What's on these women's mind Hey she may be huggin' and kissin' you And quittin' you all the time Say I went home this mornin' Twixt 9.30 and 10 Hey, hey Twixt 9.30 and 10 Hey I met that woman's second man Right, right back in my den So she's a dirty mistreater And she drove me from her door She's a dirty mistreater She drove me from her door Hey the good book says mama You gotta reap just what you sow Say some women is just like a dollar Dollar go from hand to hand Say some women is just like a dollar Dollar go from hand to hand Hey some of these lowdown women They just run from man to man Now you know my woman says she loves me She been lovin' me all her life Say my woman says she loves me She been lovin' me all her life Hey she met a second man on that corner She told him that same lie twice
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