Louisiana Hoo Doo Blues

Louisiana Hoo Doo Blues - Ma Rainey

Going to the Louisiana bottom to get me a hoodoo hand

Going to the Louisiana bottom to get me a hoodoo hand

Gotta stop these women from taking my man.

Down in Algiers where the hoodoos live in their den

Down in Algiers where the hoodoos live in their den

Their chief occupation is separating women from men.

The hoodoo told me to get me a black cat bone

The hoodoo told me to get me a black cat bone

And shake it over their heads

They'll leave your man alone.

Twenty years in the bottom

That ain't long to stay

Twenty years in the bottom

That ain't long to stay

If I can keep these tush-hog women

From taking my man away.

So I'm bound for New Orleans

Down in goofer dust land

So I'm bound for New Orleans

Down in goofer dust land

Down where the hoodoo folks can

Fix it for you with your man.