High Fever Blues
by 
Booker T. Washington White a.k.a. Bukka White 
recording of 19 
from 
The Complete Sessions 1930-1940 (Travelin' Man 3) 
& 
The Complete Bukka White (Columbia CK-52782) 
I'm taken down with the fever, and it won't let me sleep 
I'm taken down with the fever, and it won't let me sleep 
It was about three o'clock, before he would let me be 
I wish somebody, would come and drive my fever away 
I wish somebody, come and drive my fever away 
This fever I'm havin', sho' weaves in my way 
The fever I'm havin', sho' is hard on a man 
The fever I'm havin', sho' is hard on a man 
They don't allow my lover, come and shake my hand 
I wonder what's the matter with the fever, sho' is hard on a man 
I wanna know what's the matter, how come this fever hard on a man 
Doctor said "ain't the fever, that's your lover has another man" 
Doctor get your fever gauge, and put it under my tongue 
Doctor get your fever gauge, and put it under my tongue 
Doctor says, "All you need, your lover in your arms" 
I wants my lover, come and drive my fever away 
I wants my lover, come and drive my fever away 
Doctor says she'll do me more good in a day, than he would in all of his days