Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Big Joe Williams
Canonical path: /big-joe-williams/highway-49
Related lyric paths: 6
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Highway 49
Read Highway 49 lyrics by Big Joe Williams on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Highway 49
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Well I'm going to get up in the morning : get to Highway Forty‑Nine
Well *about* my sweet woman : ooo well well she don't pay poor Joey no mind
Well if you ever had the blues : get to Highway Forty‑Nine
Well *about* sweet woman : ooo well boys she trying to throw poor Joey down
[I'm going to wake, well I'm going to get] in the morning : I believe I'll dust my bed
Going down the Highway Forty‑Nine : ooo well boys I be rocking to my head
Blues this morning : I'll be rolling in Jackson town
Lord I'm tired of laying around : ooo well boys on Highway Forty‑Nine
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Big Joe Williams performs "Highway 49", and this lyric page sits inside the Big Joe Williams catalog on LyroVerse.
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