Low Down Mojo Blues

Maltese Cat Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson

Written by：Blind Lemon Jefferson

I want to shake hands with my partner

And ask him how come he's here

I want to shake hands with my partner

Ask him how come he's here

I had a wreck with my family

They're gonna send me to the electric chair

I wonder why they electrocute a man

At the one o'clock hour of night

I wonder why they electrocute a man

At the one o'clock hour of night

Because the current is much stronger

When the folks has turned out all the lights

I sat in the electrocuting room my arms folded up and crying

I sat in the electrocuting room my arms folded up and crying

And my baby asked the question was

They gonna electrocute that man of mine

Lemon get me a taxi to take me away from here

Lemon get me a taxi to take me all away from here

I haven't had a good friend in this world

Since they lead me the electric chair

I feel like jumping in the ocean

I feel like jumping in the deep blue sea

I feel like jumping in the ocean

Like jumping into the deep blue sea

But nothing like that wrecked in my heart

When they brought my electrocuted daddy to me