Desperado Woman Blues - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson

with Blind John Davis — piano, Ted Summitt — gtr

Armand 'Jump' Jackson — drums

Recording: Chicago, Dec 14, 1944

Album: Vol.

4 Document Records DOCD5058

You is just a desperated woman

My baby ain’t no earthly good

You are just a desperated woman

My baby ain’t no earthly good

I don’t need no tellin

I found it out in her neighborhood now

Now my baby killed her daddy

An shot her dear old brother, too

She say, was just a funny actin', old man

Old man, didn’t know exactly how to do

An she just a desperated woman, now

My baby ain’t no earthly good

Now an I don’t need no tellin then

I found it out in her neighborhood, now

Now an for killin' her daddy

My baby even didn’t get no time

She winked her eye at the judge

The judge didn’t even charge her a single dime

She’s just a desperated woman, yeah

My baby ain’t no earthly good

I don’t need no tellin, yeah

I found it out in her neighborhood

'Now take it John'

(piano & instrumental)

I had a good right a-sellin' whiskey

An I sit down and told my baby, so

An she wasn’t satisfied until

She let the chief police know

An she’s just a desperated woman, yeah

My baby ain’t no earthly good

Now an I don’t need no tellin, no

I found it out in her neighborhood, now.