Tell Me What I've Done

by Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf recording of April 1965 from Real Folk Blues (MCA 9273) Oh you said I hurt your feelings, but you won't tell me what I done Oh you said I hurt your feelings, but you won't tell me what I done And if I done hurt your feelings, some kinda way, God knows I didn't mean no harm Oh well if I could get 'cha babe, just to lay back up in my arms An' if I could get cha babe, just to lay back up in my arms I would prove to you baby, God knows I didn't mean no harm (Well all right...) Ah little girl if you don't love me, oh little girl my mama do Ah little girl if you don't love me, oh little girl my mama do I don't mean to hurt your feeling, God knows I didn't mean to do ya no harm I didn't mean no harm, I'm goin' home...

 

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