Kindhearted Woman Blues (Take 1)
Johnson, Robert
I got a kindhearted woman, do anything in this world for me
I got a kindhearted woman, do anything in this world for me
But these evil-hearted women, man, they will not let me be
I love my baby, my baby don't love me
I love my baby, ooooh, my baby don't love me
But I really love that woman, can't stand to leave her be
Ain't but the one thing, makes Mister Johnson drink1
I's worried about2 how you treat me, baby, I begin to think
Oh babe, my life don't feel the same
You breaks my heart, when you call Mister So-and-So's name
She's a kindhearted woman, she studies evil all the time
She's a kindhearted woman, she studies evil all the time
You well's3 to kill me, as to have it on your mind
__________
1) alternatively "dream" instead of "drink"
2) alternatively "I swear by" instead of "I's worried about"
3) a dialectic contraction of "had just as well", still in common usage
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