Loan A Helping Hand
by 
Joe Scott 
Don Robey 
recording of 19 
from 
The "3B" Blues Boy - The Blues Years: 1952-1959 (ACE CDCHD 302) 
Well somebody, yeah somebody 
Please somebody, before I go insane 
Oh somebody 
Please lend a helpin' hand? 
I've got money and I've got a place to stay 
I've got money and I've got a place to stay 
But everybody needs a friend 
Both night and day 
Well I walk, talk, but all by myself 
Well I walk, talk, but all by myself 
I'm so afraid, it's gonna worry me to death 
Well somebody, yeah 
Please somebody, oh baby 
Please somebody, 
Won't you lend a helpin' hand? yeah 
Well I walk, talk, but all by myself 
Well I walk, talk, but all by myself 
I'm so afraid, it's gonna worry me to death 
Yeah 
Yes, somebody well 
Umm mmm somebody 
Really somebody 
Oh somebody 
Won't you lend a helpin' hand?