You Gonna Quit Me Baby
by 
Blind Arthur Blake 
recording of probably 1926-1932 
from 
Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker (Yazoo 1068) 
You gonna quit me, baby, good as I been to you 
Good as I been to you, Lord, Lord, 
Good as I been to you 
Give you my money, honey, buy your shoes and clothes, Lord, Lord 
Buy your shoes and clothes, Lord, Lord 
Buy your shoes and clothes 
You're gonna quit me baby, put me out of doors 
Put me out of doors, Lord, Lord 
Put me out of doors 
Six months on the 
chain gang 
, b'lieve me ain't no fun 
B'lieve me ain't no fun, Lord, Lord 
B'lieve me ain't no fun 
Jail house ain't no plaything, b'lieve me, 'tain't no lie 
B'lieve me, 'tain't no lie, Lord, Lord 
B'lieve me, 'tain't no lie 
Day you quit me, baby, that's the day you die, Lord, Lord 
That's the day you die, Lord, Lord 
That's the day you die 

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Bluesman Harry 
Page last updated on: 
June 2 2000