Kind Mama
by probably 
Blind Willie McTell 
recording of 19 
from 
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell (Columbia C2K-53234) 
& 
Atlanta Blues, 1933 (John Edwards Memorial Found 106) 
She's a real kind mama looking for another man 
She ain't got nobody to hold her hand 
Way down yonder on Cripple Creek 
Hemp don't grow but sixteen feet 
Would go to bed but it ain't no use 
They pile up on the bed like chickens on a roost 
She's a real kind mama looking for another man 
And she ain't got nobody to hold her hand 
The rooster chew tobacco and the hen dip snuff 
Said he can't 
shimmy 
but he 
struts his stuff 
She's a real kind mama looking for another man 
And she ain't got nobody to hold her hand 
See that fella with that derby 
on 
Look good to me just as sure as you're born 
I'll tell you the truth and it's a natural fact 
Shoulda been a rule 'gainst being that black 
She's a real kind mama looking for another man 
And she ain't got nobody to hold her hand 
See that fellow that's standing right there 
He don't live here but he's somewhere 
Little patch of hair right around his mouth 
Like he swallowed a mule and left his tail hanging out 
She's a real kind mama looking for another man 
She ain't got nobody to hold her hand 
Wake up in the morning at a half past three 
Thanks pretty mama done put out what I need 
She's a real kind mama looking for another man 
And she ain't got nobody to hold her hand 
Soon in the morning at half past four 
Hot shot 
rider 
rappin' at her door 
She's a real kind mama looking for another man 
She ain't got nobody in town to hold her hand 
Went to the door and the door was locked 
Think that baby tryin' to 
eagle rock 
She's a real kind mama looking for another man 
And she ain't got nobody here to hold her hand 
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Note 1: derby, a man's stiff felt hat with dome-shaped crown and narrow brim. See 
illustration