Old Black Mary - Bessie Tucker; Bessie Tucker, vocal, K. D. Johnson, piano and Jesse Thomas, guitar in DGDGBE tuning.
INTRO SOLO
If you don't feed him no better, old black Mary, I'm gon' take him myself
If you don't feed him no better, old black Mary, I'm gon' take him myself
Ahhhh-ha, gonna take him myself
Tell me, black Mary, oh, what makes you, black Mary, what makes you come so soon?
Tell me, black Mary, oh, what made you, what made you come so soon?
Your man have left this mornin', but he'll be back at noon
GUITAR SOLO
Well, he may come crippled, ahhhh-ha, and I may be lame
And he may come crippled, ahhh-ha, and I may be lame
It was mama's, papa's situation, I'm gon' take him, just the same
INTRO SOLO
If you don't feed him no better, old black Mary, I'm gon' take him myself
If you don't feed him no better, old black Mary, I'm gon' take him myself
Ahhhh-ha, gonna take him myself
Tell me, black Mary, oh, what makes you, black Mary, what makes you come so soon?
Tell me, black Mary, oh, what made you, what made you come so soon?
Your man have left this mornin', but he'll be back at noon
GUITAR SOLO
Well, he may come crippled, ahhhh-ha, and I may be lame
And he may come crippled, ahhh-ha, and I may be lame
It was mama's, papa's situation, I'm gon' take him, just the same