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Carbolic Acid Blues was recorded in Dallas in December 1928, with piano accompaniment; a blues that relates a violent crime from the victim's point of view - rather rare in the blues, according to Paul Oliver's "Blues Fell This Morning", where the lyrics to this song can also be found.
The song was reissued on LP Blues Classics 26, "When Women Sang The Blues".
My right hand is itchin', my left eye begin to burn My right hand is ithcin', my left eye begin to burn I know my man don't want me, if by the way he's done I told her I loved her man, grave will be her restin' place I told her I loved her man, grave will be her restin' place She looked at me with burnin' eyes, threw carbolic acid in my face Carbolic acid has poisoned me, Doc Precious Wynn will tell you so Carbolic acid has poisoned me, Doc Precious Wynn will tell you so I got burned about the man I love, now I got to let him go Layin' in my bed, my face burned to the bone Layin' in my bed, my face burned to the bone If carbolic acid don't kill me, penitentiary gonna be my home
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