Win The War 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

Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, yeah

He want me to fly a-way up above the cloud

Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, yeah

He wants me to fly a-way up above the cloud

He wants to drop a bomb on the Japanese

I really got to make my baby proud

I wants a machine gun, yeah

And I wants to be hid out in the wood

I wants a machine gun

And I wants to be hid out in the wood

I wants to show old man Hitler

That Sonny Boy don’t mean him no good

I wants to drop a big bomb, yeah

An set the Japanese city on fire

I wants to drop a bomb, um

An set the Japanese city on fire

Now because they are so rotten

That I’d just love to see them die

'Well alright!'

(harmonica & instrumental)

I’ve got the victory blues

Because I know I have got to go

I’ve got the victory blues

Because I know I have got to go

Now to keep the dirty Japanese

From slippin' in through my baby’s back door.