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Blues Lyrics: Robert Nighthawk


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Prison Bound

Singer/guitarist Robert Nighthawk recorded this song on January 5, 1950 in Chicago, with Pinetop Perkins on piano and Willie Dixon on bass. It's a "previously unissued" track on the double CD "The Aristocrat of the Blues: the best of Aristocrat Records" in the "Legendary Masters Series" on Chess/MCA.

Early one morning, the blues came fallin' down
Early one morning, the blues came fallin' down
I was all locked up in jail, and was prisoner bound

Baby you will never, see my smilin' face again
(and that's for sure)
Baby you will never, see my smilin' face again
But you can always remember, your daddy have been your friend

Well all right!

Sometimes I wonder, why don't you write to me
Sometimes I wonder, why don't you write to me
If I been a bad fellow, I didn't intend to be

And that's for sure!

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Sweet Black Angel

Robert Nighthawk (real name Robert McCullom) recorded this song for Aristocrat (the label that later became Chess) in 1949; you can find this song, with a bunch of others, on the double CD "The Aristocrat of the Blues: the best of Aristocrat Records" (Chess/MCA).

Sweet Black Angel (Robert McCullom)


I've got a sweet black angel, I likes the way she spread her wing
I've got a sweet black angel, I likes the way she spread her wing
When she spread her wings over me, I gets joy and ev'rything

If my black angel should quit me, I believe that I would die
If my black angel should quit me, I believe that I would die
If you don't love me black angel, please tell me the reason why

Well all right man... (guitar solo)

Ask my black angel for a nickel, and she give me a ten dollar bill
Ask my black angel for a nickel, and she give me a ten dollar bill
Told I want a small drink of liquor, and she bought me a whiskey still

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