Third Street Woman Blues
by 
Blind Joe 
(Willie) Reynolds 
recording of February 1930, Memphis, Tennessee 
from 
Complete Recorded Works of Son House & The Great Delta Blues Singers (Document DOCD 5002) 
Hmm-mmm, where my Third Street woman now? 
Hmm-mmm, where my Third Street woman now? 
Thought she would cheat street me, got the coldest stuff in town 
Don't like my ch-chick... 
I had so much chicken till I heard cluckin' in my sleep 
I got so much chicken till I heard cluckin' in my sleep 
Don't like my table, mama, please don't dig so deep 
Hmm hmm, I got a... 
She's a big fat mama with the meat shakin' on her bone 
She's a big fat mama with the meat shakin' on her bone 
And every time she shake it, Lord, a hustlin' woman lose her home 
She's got something that the men call a 
stingaree 
She's got something that the men call a stingaree 
Four o'clock every morning, you turn it loose on me 
Hmm-mmm, where my Third Street woman gone? 
Hmm-mmm, where my Third Street woman gone? 
Believe to my soul, she would hustle everywhere but home 
If you can't be my rollin' mama, you can't spend your change 
If you can't be my rollin' mama, you can't spend my change 
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Note: this song was recorded under the performing name, Blind Willie Reynolds. Third Street refers to a street in 
Vicksburg 
, Mississippi. This song is derived from his life in Vicksburg at one time; 
Note 1: "Don't like my ch-chick..." is obviously a recorded miscue on Reynold's part in trying to begin the next lyric; 
Note 2: another obvious miscue on Reynold's part in trying to begin the next lyric. 

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Bluesman Harry 
Page last updated on: 
May 28 2000