"The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)" lyrics - LEAD BELLY
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
My mastas gone away
Rod-a, he ride him and he jumped a ditch,
He ride-a, he rode him, and the pony did pitch
The pony, he felt a little bit shy,
'Cause he's bitten by that blue-tailed fly
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
My mastas gone away.
When I went down in Louisiana,
I stayed a little while in Texarkana
Every once in a while, I felt a little bit shy
'Cause I was bitten by that blue-tailed fly
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
My mastas gone away
I was on my to Shreveport, Louisiana,
Then I stopped out in Caspiana
And I felt a little bit shy,
'Cause I was bitten by that blue-tailed fly
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
My mastas gone away
When I was drivin' along in my car
I was stoppin' most anywhere
Once in while I look up in the sky
'Cause I was bitten by that blue-tailed fly
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
My mastas gone away
Once in a while I do a little bit o'dance,
And some of the people come around and says,
Will you allow me a little chance?
But every once in a while I feel a little bit shy
'Cause I was bitten by that blue-tailed fly
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care.
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
My mastas gone away.
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care.
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
Jimmy, crack corn, and I don't care,
My mastas gone away.
Lead Belly's Last Sessions (1994)
- Yes, I Was Standing In The Bottom
- Yes, I'm Going Down In Louisiana
- Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
- Dick Ligger's Holler
- Liza Jane
- Dog Latin Song
- Leaving Blues
- Go Down, Old Hannah
- The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
- Nobody In This World Is Better Than Us
- We're In The Same Boat, Brother
- Looky Looky Yonder
- Jolly O' The Ransom
- Old Ship Of Zion
- Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Black Betty
- Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
- Yes, I'm Going Down In Louisiana
- I Don't Know You, What Have I Done?
- Rock Island Line
- Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch A Rabbit?
- Shorty George
- Stewball
- Bottle Up And Go
- You Know I Got To Do It
- Ain't It A Shame To Go Fishin' On Sunday
- Dekalb Blues (Ain't Gonna Drink No More)
- Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
- My Lindy Lou
- I'm Thinking Of A Friend
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- Gee, But I Want To Go Home (Army Life)
- In The World
- I Want To Go Home
- New Iberia
- Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
- John Henry
- Salty Dog
- National Defense Blues
- Easy, Mr. Tom
- Relax Your Mind
- Bottle Up And Go
- Polly Wolly Wee
- Pig Latin Song
- Hawaiian Song
- Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla
- The Gray Goose
- Silver City Bound
- The Titanic
- Death Letter Blues
- Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- The Midnight Special
- Boll Weevil
- Careless Love
- Easy Rider
- Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town) (Cry To Me)
- Dekalb Blues (Ain't Going To Drink No More)
- Birmingham Jail
- Old Riley
- Julie Ann Johnson
- It's Tight Like That
- 4, 5 And 9
- Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do?
- Jail House Blues
- Well, You Know I Had To Do It
- Irene (Goodnight Irene)
- Story Of The 25 Cent Dude
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
- Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone
- Hesitation Blues
- I'll Be Down On The Last Bread Wagon
- Digging My Potatoes
- Springtime In The Rockies
- Chinatown
- Rock Island Line
- Backwater Blues
- Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
- Irene (Goodnight Irene)
- Easy, Mr. Tom
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
- I'm Alone Because I Love You
- House Of The Rising Sun
- Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
- Talk About Fannin Street
- Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)
- Sugar'd Beer
- Didn't Old John Cross The Water?
- Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out
- Bully Of The Town
- Sweet Jenny Lee
- Yellow Gal
- He Was The Man
- We're In The Same Boat, Brother
- Leaving Blues