Essential

Shack Bully Stomp Trk 4 Disc 1 2:32
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Giles, Jones)
Apr 1,1938 Decca 7479
vocal- Peetie Wheatstraw with Lonnie Johnson - guitar
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



I used to play slow
But now I play it fast
I used to play slow
But now I play fast
Just to see the women
Shake their yas, yas, yas

(piano & guitar)

Now I am a man that ev'rybody know
I am a man an that ev'rybody knows
An you can see a crowd
Ev'rywhere he goes

(piano & guitar)

'Play it fast, boy'

Ramble an I ramble
'Till about the break of day
Ramble an I ramble
'Till about the break of day
I think it's time now
To stop my ramblin' ways

(piano & guitar)

My name is Peetie
I'm on the line you bet
Yoo-hoo-well, I'm on the line you bet
I got somethin' new
That I ain't never told you yet

(piano rag)

'Now get down there for a change'

(piano boogie)

~

More Good Whiskey Trk 1 Disc 2 3:00
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Bunch)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Vocal, w/ poss. Casey Weldon or Teddy Darby - gtr
March 26, 1935 Vocalion 02978 Chicago
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com




I'm so glad
Good whiskey have made it through
Well-well, I'm so glad
Good whiskey have made it through
Well now, it have saved my wife from dyin'
Hoo-hoo-well, pal now it saved my sweetheart, too

I'm so glad
Good whiskey has come back in time
Well now, I'm so glad
Good whiskey has come back in time
Because now I've drank so much hooch
Hoo-hoo-well-well, now about to lose my mind

I'm so glad
Good whiskey sho' is here
Mm-hm-um-um, good whiskey sho' is here
Well-well, now if you can't drink good whiskey
Ooo-well-well, why not drink some doggone good beer?

I'm so glad
Good whiskey has come back to me
Umm-hm-um-well
Good whiskey has come back to me
Well now, it brought me good things
Hoo-hoo, well-well, now from way 'round 'cross the sea

Sure as just as welcome
Good whiskey, now as the flowers is in May
Yes, just as welcome, good whiskey
That flowers is in May
Well, since you have come back to me
Hoo-well-well, now hope you have come back to stay.

~

Devil's Son-In-Law Trk 10 Disc 1 3:23
Peet Wheatstraw
(Wheatstraw)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, piano w/ poss. Charly McCoy - gtr
Recorded Sept 28,1931 Bluebird B5451
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



I wonder where would you be now, little mama
Baby, now you made my life a wreck
And now where would you be-be, um
Mama, now you made my life a wreck
Mama, now I'd rather have a rattle snake
Honey now, wrapped a-round my neck

When you used to love me, now little mama
Mama, go clear down to my toes
When you used to love me, baby
Have it go clear down to my toes
Well-well, the other way that I love you, mama
Honey, now don't nobody know

Now I've got eleven women, umm
And I got one little indian squaw
I say I got eleven women
And I got one little indian squaw
Well-well, now that they come to see me
I'm liable to be the Devil's-Son-In-Law


'Play it for me one time, pick it now won't cha?'

(piano & guitar)


Now, an if you take my little woman
You can't keep her long
Well now, if you take my little woman
Well now you can't keep her long
Well-well now, she will come running home
Cryin, 'Daddy, now I done wrong'

Baby, you will never catch special deliveries, mama
Honey, directed to my chest
Tell you now you will never get
(special deliveries mama, honey, directed to my chest)
Now, when I leave you now, little mama
You will never see me back here, again.

~

What More Can A Man Do Trk 5 Disc 2 3:02
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Bunch)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, w/Lonnie Johnson - gtr, unk acc.
April 1, 1938 Chicago, Decca 7479
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com




Listen hear baby, ain't gon' be yo' dog all my life
Because yo' other man tried to take my life

So what more can a man do?
I'd give up my job, lay down my money to you

Listen here baby you ain't treat me right
You don't do nothin' but clown 'n fight
You know I love you don't care what you do
I'm gettin' tired of clownin' with you

What more can a man do?
Give up my job, lay down my money to you

You go out tonight no tellin' what I'll do
I'm gettin' tired of worryin' over you
What more can a man do?
I'll give up my job, lay down my money to you

'Now play at that girl'

(guitar & instrumental)

Now you know mama
I'm gettin' tired, gettin tired, gettin' tired
You're in St. Louis all disguised
Cried last night an night befo'
I leave you this time I won't have to cry no mo'

What more can a man do?
I'll give up my job, lay down my money to you

So bye-bye baby, I'm leavin' you now
I know you don't mean no good, no how
You did ev'rything a woman could do
You know about that, than I am through with you

What more can a man do?
I'll give up my job, lay down my money to you.

~

Gangster's Blues Trk 16 Disc 2 2:45
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Luther, Williams)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, pno, Jonah Jones - trp, Lil Armstrong - piano
Sid Catlett - drms.
August 28, 1940 Chicago, Decca 7815
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com





Last night buddy, I caught you kissin' my wife
Don't ya know I'm gonna take your life?
I've got the gangster blues
I've got the gangster blues
I've got the gangster blues
Boys, I am feelin' mean

I'm gon' take you for an easy ride
Drop you off on the riverside
I got the gangster blues
I've got the gangster's blues
I've got the gangster's blues
Boys, I am feelin' mean

I'm gonna bound yo' mouth so you can't talk
Tie yo' feet so you can't walk
I've got the gangster's blues
I've got the gangster's blues
I've got the gangster's blues
Boys, I am feelin' mean

You can start your screamin' but must give in
I'm gonna tear you a-pieces and put you back, again
I've got the gangster's blues
Now, I've got the gangster blues
I've got the gangster's blues
Boys, I am feelin' mean

Put up your hands and reach for the sky
Won't let you down before you bat an eye
I've got the gangster's blues
I've got the gangster's blues
I've got the gangster's blues
Boys, I am feelin' mean

I'm gonna bury you out on the lone prairie
Because I know you's bide'n on me
I've got the gangster's blues
I've got the gangster's blues
I've got the gangster blues
Boys, I am feelin' mean.

~

Third Street's Going Down Trk 4 Disc 2 3:04
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Jordan)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal. unk acc
Sept 7, 1934 Chicago, Vocalion 02810
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com




We used to have luck in the valley
But the little girl had to move way out of town
We used to have luck in the valley
But the girl had to move way out of town
Some moved in the alley
Ooo-well-well, because Third Street is going down

I had a girl on St. Louis Avenue
But Third Street she hung around
I had a girl on St. Louis Avenue
But Third Street she hung around
But the law got so hot
Ooo-well-well, until Third Street is going down

I waked up one mornin'
My face all full of frowns
Waked up one mornin'
My face all full of frowns
I heard nothin' about my baby
Ooo-well-well, Third Street is goin' down

(piano

'Play it, let her hear it now'

'Tore down highway sounds'

(piano continues)

The city hired Mr. Keeler
To put a highway through that part of town
I said, the city hired Mr. Keeler
To put a highway through that part of town
The law told the girls to move
Ooo-well-well, why because we're tearing Third Street down.

~

Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp Trk 8 Disc 1 2:28
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Bunch)
Mar 26, 1937 Decca 7292
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



Women all ravin'
About Peetie Wheatstraw in this land
Women all ravin'
About Peetie Wheatstraw in this land
He got so many women
They're goin' from hand to hand

Don't tell all the girls
What that Peetie Wheatstraw can do
Woo-hoo-well, that Peetie Wheatstraw can do
That will cause suspicion
Now an you know they will try him, too

(piano)

'Now play a little bit more, let's see how women clown'

If you wanna see the women an men clown
If you wanna see the women an men clown
Just let that Peetie Wheatstraw, come into your town

(piano)

I am Peetie Wheatstraw
The High Sheriff From Hell
I am Peetie Wheatstraw
The High Sheriff From Hell
The way I strut my stuff
Woo-well now, you never can tell.

(piano)

'Now do your stuff, Peetie'

(piano to end)

~

The Good Lawd's Children Trk 13 Disc 2:45
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Williams)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, poss Lil Armstrong - piano
Robert Lee McCoy - hca
March 12, 1941 Chicago, Decca 7879
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



They say we are the Lord's children
I don't say that ain't true
They say we are the Lord's children
I don't say that ain't true
But if we all the same like each other
Ooo-well'well, why do they treat me like they do?

What's wrong with the Lord's children?
I don't understand
What's wrong with the Lord's children?
I don't understand
Some men got no use for woman
Ooo-well-well, some women got no use for man

I wanna live on children
Soon I would just like to see
I wanna live on children
I said I would just like to see
What will become of us
Ooo-well-well, by nineteen and fifty-three

Some of the good Lord's children
Some of them ain't no good
Some of the good Lord's children
Some of them ain't no good
Some of them are the devil
Ooo-well-well, and wouldn't help you if they could

Some of the good Lord's children
Is about to need some prayer
Some of the Lord's children
Needs about to kneel and pray
You serve the devil in the night
Hoo-well-well, and serve the Lord in the day.

~

Pete Wheatstraw Trk 11 Disc 1 3:15
(Wheatstraw)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, piano w/ Charlie McCoy - gtr
Recorded Sept 28,1931 Bluebird B5451
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



Now this is Peetie Wheatstraw, remember
People wanna know where do I prowl
This is Peetie Wheatstraw
People wanna know where do I prowl
Sometimes I prowl a far distant land
Sometimes I prowl on the rising clouds

An now I once was a good boy
Mama, I was good all over town
I say, I once was a good boy
Babe, I was good all over town
Well-well, nar' I don't see why
People tried to slam me down

When I first met you, little baby
Baby, this is the lie you told
I know when I first met you, baby
This is the lie you told
You said now you could get my money, baby
And then I will be made of silver and gold

(instrumental)

'What you gonna do, Charlie
You gonna play for me or just for money?'

'Money!'

Now what are you gon' do little baby, um-mm-mm
When your road gets dogged like mine?
Now what are you gon' do, baby
Now when your road gets dogged like mine?
Honey, now you would be worried
Mama now an bothered all the time

Now if anybody ask you baby, hmm
Honey, now who compose this song?
Well-well-well, now if anybody asks you
Mama, who compose this song?
Now-now, will you please tell 'em this is, Peetie Wheatstraw
Well now he have been here and gone.

~

Slave Man Blues Trk 14 Disc 1 2:47
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Bunch)
Recorded: July 17, 1935 Decca 7111
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



How many mo' years
Baby, now will I be your slave?
I say, how many mo' years
Mama, now will I be your slave?
Well, now something I'm tellin' you
Woo-well, now I'm tired of you low down dirty ways

When I come home at night
Baby, ev'rything is wrong
When I come home at night
Mama, ev'rything is wrong
Now you sit keep company all day
Woo-well-well, your man he will be gone

I often tell you
To be careful what you do
Woo-hoo-well-brown
To be careful what you do
Well now, if it is right or wrong
Woo-well, somebody may tell on you

(piano - Peetie)

I tried to be a real man
But now it seems to be all in vain
Woo-hoo-ooo, girl
Seems to be all in vain
But now you know if tell on you, baby
Woo-well, now you goin' just the same

Can you tell me please
If you know just what right means?
Woo-well brown
If you know just what right means?
Well you about to go out here, grumpiest
Woo-well, then any woman I ever seen.

~

Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp No 2 Trk 6 Disc 2 2:38
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Bunch)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, w/Lonnie Johnson - gtr, unk acc.
March 26, 1937 Chicago, Decca 7391
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



Ev'rybody hollerin'
Here come that Peetie Wheatstraw!
Ev'rybody hollerin'
Here come that, Peetie Wheatstraw!
I better known for the Devil's Son-in-Law

Ev'rybody wonderin'
What's that Peetie Wheatstraw do?
Yee-hee-well, what's that Peetie Wheatstraw do?
But ev'rytime you hear him
He comin' out with somethin' new

(piano rag)

'Show 'em what Peetie Wheatstraw do, boy!'

He makes them happy
Some he make cry
Eee, makes them happy
Some that he make cry
But now he made a-one old lady
Go hang herself an die

(piano boogie)

This is Peetie Wheatstraw
I'm always in your line
This is Peetie Wheatstraw
Then again I'm always on your line
Save up your nickels and dimes
You can come up an see me sometime!

'Play us a little bit, boys'

(piano rag)

Spoken:
Now, good folks I say, if you got it, spend it.
Save your nickel an dimes
You can come up an see me sometimes.

~

Slave Man Blues Trk 14 Disc 1 2:47
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Bunch)
Recorded: July 17, 1935 Decca 7111
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



How many mo' years
Baby, now will I be your slave?
I say, how many mo' years
Mama, now will I be your slave?
Well, now something been tellin' you
Woo-well, now I'm tired of you low down dirty ways

When I come home at night
Baby, ev'rything is wrong
When I come home at night
Mama, ev'rything is wrong
Now you sit keep company all day
Woo-well-well, your man he will be gone

I often tell you
To be careful what you do
Woo-hoo-well, brown
To be careful what you do
Well-now if it is right or wrong
Woo-well, somebody may tell on you

(piano - Peetie)

I tried to be a real man
But now it seems to be all in vain
Woo-hoo-ooo, girl
Seems to be all in vain
But now you know if tell on you, baby
Woo-well, now you going just the same

Can you tell me, babe
If you know just what right means?
Woo-well, brown
If you know just what right means?
Well, you are about the dumbest woman
Woo-well, then any woman I ever seen.

~

These Times Trk 2 Disc 2 2:55
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Bunch)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, w/poss Charley Jordan - gtr
August 23, 1934 Chicago, Decca 7061
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



What do you say about the times?
I say ev'ry man can't understand
Now what do you say about the time?
I said, when a man can't understand
Now you can think you're gonna have good times
Woo-well-well, then hard times again

We wants to have a good times
Don't look like things will be that way no mo'
I said we wants to have a good time
Don't look like things gon' be that way no mo'
But now you know I believe there will be a day
Woo-well-well, good times will come walkin' to yo' do'

I've got to the place
Hard times don't worry me no mo'
I say, I've got to the place
Hard times don't worry me no mo'
Why? Because ev'rytime I go home
Woo-well-well, hard times standin' in my do'

Please now forget about the times
Don't you worry about them no mo'
I said, now forget about the times
Don't you worry 'bout them no mo'
Well now, you know you gon' keep be worried
Well-woo-woo, you be worried ev'ry place you go


Now, now gonna go home
But now don't seem like I can go
I said, now I wanna go home
But it don't seem like I can go
Now you know I can tell you people
Ooo-well-well, hard times just hangin' on my do'.

~

The Break I'm Getting Trk 3 Disc 1 2:53
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
with Pretty Boy Walker
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



Now, listen here people
Think I'm tired of bein' a bum
For the breaks I'm gettin' now
I done got to be nothin' but a crumb

I've got tired
Of these breaks they givin' me
I'm gon' pack my grip
An I'm going back to Tennessee

Now, I walk all day
Can't find no work at all
I'm broke an' hungry all the winter
And ragg'dy all the fall
I walked all day
My feet got wet n' damp
I've been sufferin' two, three days
From the miss meal cramp

I was barefooted, naked
I was in the ice an snow
With all my yas-yas, out
You could see my big toe
I was barefooted
Didn't have on no shoes
And the rocks, gravel and concrete
Is givin' my soles the blues
An 'fore I'd let winter in St. Louis
Get the best of me
I'd get on a freight train an walk
Back to Memphis,Tennessee

'Cause I've done got tired
Of these breaks they givin' me
I'm gon' pack my grip
An I'm going back to Tennessee

Now other day I woked up
To a big healthy garbage can
And drugs my stiff back on it
Back of a natural man
I says, 'Razzy ham bone
And skanky muffin
Get back all your coffee grounds
Cause you know I ain't bluffin'
An 'fore I'd let winter in let St. Louis
Take advantage of me
I'd go back down south
Where all chumps oughta be

'Cause I've done got tired
Of these breaks they givin' me
I'm gon' pack my grip
And I'm goin' back to Tennessee

Now, I'm 'onna sing this verse
Now, ain't gon' sing any mo'
'Cause I'm gettin' kind-a warm
An you know I've got to go
I love to clown for ya'all
An I love to act a monkey
But I don't wanna get too hot
'Cause I'm scared I'm liable to get a bad cold

'Cause I done got tired
Of these breaks they givin' me
I'm 'onna pack my grip
And I'm goin' back to Tennessee.

~

You Can't Stop Me From Drinking Trk 9 Disc 2 2:32
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Jordan)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, pno, (poss. Rhythm Willie Hood - hca
& poss. Lonnie Johnson - gtr
Sept. 14, 1939 Chicago, Decca 7692
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com




You can't stop me from drinkin'
It ain't no use to try
You can't stop me from drinkin'
It ain't no use to try
Because the way you treated me
Hoo-hoo-well-well, I'm gonna drink until I die

You can't stop me from runnin' around
Also from having my ball
You can't stop me from runnin' around
Also from having my ball
Because I am tired, ooo-well-well
Of the other man kicking in my stall

(harmonica & instrumental)

You can't stop me from talkin'
To the brown walk-ups down the street
You can't stop from from talkin'
To the brown that walk up an down the street
Because you are chasing these peppers
Hoo-well, like a policeman on his beat

You can't stop me from drinkin'
Whenev' I feel so blue
You can't stop me from drinkin'
Whenev' I feel so blue
If you ever have been mistreated
Woo-well-well, you would be drinkin', too.

~

Poor Millionaire Trk 13 Disc 1 2:54
Peetie Wheatstraw
(Smith, Bunch)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, piano w/ poss. Robert Lee McCoy - gtr
Recorded: Feb 20,1936 Decca 7177
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



When a man is down
He's lucky he ain't got no friends at all-a
I said when a man is down
Seem like ain't no friends at all
It seem like ev'rybody
Wants to knock him around like he's an old ball

When it comes to women
He can't have no luck at all, oh
I said, when he comes to women
He can't have no luck at all, no
They want to put a halter on him
Hoo-well, then tie him up like a mule in his stall

When he go around a used to be woman
One you have to give a real good time
When he go around a used to be woman
One you have give a real good time
And again
You know if he had the poor savvy
If she got a dollar she will swear that she ain't got a dime

When he walk in to see his old gang
Which whom he used to drink
When he walk in to see his old gang
Which whom he used to drink
Well, if he ask them for a little taste
Ooo-well, they'll say, 'Oh, that's just what you think'

Now men when you are down
One thing you must do
Yeah, when you are down
One thing you must do
When you get up
Start to remember ev'rybody that mistreated you.

~

You Got To Tell Me Something Trk 14 Disc 2
Peetie Wheatstraw (William Bunch)
(Williams)
Peetie Wheatstraw - vocal, Lil Armstrong - piano, Robert McCoy - hmc
March 12, 1941 Chicago, Decca 7844
Album: Peetie Wheatstraw Essentials Album
Allego Classic Blues CBL 200037
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com




You gon' come home
Find yourself locked out
Box car gon' bump ya
And it ain't no doubt

You've gotta tell me something
Gotta tell me something
You've gotta tell me something
How to get along with you?

I got you in dead winter
Snow was fallin' down
Shoes had no bottom
Yo' big feet on the ground

You've gotta tell me something
Gotta tell me something
You've gotta tell me something
How to get along with you?

You go to bed here, lately
You tied up yo' hair
I accident'l touch ya
Now you's worser than a bear

You've gotta tell me something
Gotta tell me something
You've gotta tell me something
How to get along with you?

(piano & harmonica)

You used to get my money
By ticklin' my chin
Now you've got to thrill me
Like you do other men

You've gotta tell me something
You've gotta tell me something
You've gotta tell me something
How to get along with you?

You've gotta show me somthin'
Ev'rything you can do
I ev'n got tired
Of spending my money on you

You've gotta tell me something
You better tell me something
You've gotta tell me something
How to get along with you?

(piano & harmonica)

When I got home
She had gone to bed
An these are the lovin'
Words she said

You gotta tell me something
You gotta tell me something
You've gotta tell me something
How to get along with you?

~