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Crossroads
1999

1. Crossroads
2. Down in Mississippi
3. Cotton Needs Pickin'
4. Viola Lee Blues
5. See You in Hell, Blind Boy
6. Nitty Gritty Mississippi
7. He Made a Woman Out of Me
8. Feelin' Bad Blues
9. Somebody's Callin' My Name
10. Willie Brown Blues
11. Walkin' Away Blues

Crossroads
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Down in Mississippi
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Cotton Needs Pickin'
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Viola Lee Blues
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See You in Hell, Blind Boy
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Nitty Gritty Mississippi
(Fred Burch/Donald Hill)

Nitty gritty Mississippi
Nitty gritty Mississippi
Who_____'s gonna love a poor boy
Nitty gritty mississippi
Who_____'s gonna love a poor boy

She broke my heart down in Baton Rouge
Down on the gold, cold sand
I don't remember the night
When she caught me right
As tangled play with my hand, yeah

Nitty gritty Mississippi
Nitty gritty Mississippi
Who_____'s gonna love a poor boy
Nitty gritty Mississippi
Who_____'s gonna love a poor boy

Juke joint Sally on the bayou blue
On a hot Mississippi night
She could make a countryboy's dream come trough
Say she won't, but ya know she might

Nitty gritty Mississippi
Nitty gritty Mississippi
Who_____'s gonna love a poor boy
Nitty gritty Mississippi
Who_____'s gonna love a poor boy

Delta Queen down on the levy
Sid need a cypre of streak
Sweet little thing sure gotta livin' with,
you stole my heart from me
Yes she did

Nitty gritty Mississippi
Nitty gritty Mississippi
Who_____'s gonna love a poor boy
Nitty gritty Mississippi
Who_____'s gonna love a poor boy

Love a poor boy
Poor boy

He Made a Woman Out of Me
(Fred Burch/Donald Hill)

I was born on the levy
A little bit south of Montgomery
Mama worked in the big house
Daddy he worked for the County
Never had no learnin'
'til I turned 16
Joe Henry come up the river, ya'll
And made a woman outta me
Lord, he made a woman outta me

I used to tease Joe Henry
I guess I teased to hard
Then one day it all happened
Right in my own back yard
Joe Henry had his way
He wouldn't set me free
Lord, I'm here to tell everybody
That the man made a woman outta me
Lord, he made a woman outta me

When I think back to that day
So long ago
I get a little feelin' that's on my mind
Even though it hurt me
one thing that I know
Is when he left, he left a woman behind

When I see another young man
Wantin' to love and run
My mind goes back to Joe Henry James
And a heck of a job he done
Ain't no other man let me down
You see I been set free
Ever since way back yonder
When Joe made a woman outta me

Lord, he made a woman outta me
Lord, he made a woman outta me
Oh, Joe Henry James
Heck of a job he done
He made a woman outta me
Lord, he made a woman outta me
Lord, he made a woman
Outta me

Feelin' Bad Blues

Somebody's Callin' My Name
(Trad. Arr. by Ry Cooder)

You better hush, hush, hush, hush
Somebody's callin' my name
hu_______sh
Somebody's callin' my na_______me

hush, hush, hush, hush
Somebody's callin' my name
Cryin' oh my Lord, oh my Lord
What shall I do, what shall I do

Then you can ca______ll, call your mother
But your mother can't do you no good
Ca______ll your mother
Your mother can't do you no goo______d
Ca______ll, call your mother
your mother can't do you no good
Cryin' oh my Lord, oh my Lord
What shall I do, what shall I do

Willie Brown Blues
(Ry Cooder/Joe Seneca)

Hey, they call me Willie, they call me Willie
Blind dog Fulton, smokehouse Brown
They call me Willie, the one and only Willie Brown


I'm built for comfort, I'm built for speed
Got everything you good girls need
See me comin' for your main outdoors
May not get this way no more
They call me Willie, the one and only Willie Brown

Yeah, yeah

Instrumental break

Hey pretty mama y' sure look fine
Call me dog, but I ain't blind
Smokehouseman is back in town
Call me up when your love comes down
They call me Willie, the one and only Willie Brown

I'm lovin' all you women, two by two
Ain't gonna stop 'til the lovin' is through
Get to hot, wait in your turn
wait when you feel why a smokehouse burns
They call me Willie, the one and only Willie Brown

Yeah

They call me Willie
They call me Willie
Blind dog Fulton
Smokehouse Brown
They call me Willie, the one and only Willie Brown

Yeah

Hey, hey, hey

Walkin' Away Blues
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