Cool Drink of Water Blues (Version 1) Lyrics

Cool Drink Of Water Blues (eVrsion 1)

By Tommy "Snake" Johnson
Recording of 1928-1930
From Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929) (Document DOCD-5001), Tommy Johnson (1928-1930) (Wolf 104), copyright notice

I asked her for water, and she gave me gasoline
Man, that's the evilest woman, that I ever seen
Cryin' Lawd, now mama, will I ever get back home?
Lawd, Lawdy Lawd

I went to the depot, looked up on the board
I looked all over, "How long has this eastbound train been gone?"
"It's done taken your faror, blowed its smoke on you"
Lawd, Lawdy, Lawd

I asked the conductor, "Can I ride the blinds?"
(Want to know, can a broke man ride the blinds?)
"Son, buy your ticket, this train ain't none of mine"