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Artist: Robert Johnson
Canonical path: /johnson-robert/milkcow-s-calf-blues
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Milkcow's Calf Blues
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Milkcow's Calf Blues
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Tell me, milkcow, what on earth is wrong with you
Hoo hoo, milkcow, what on earth is wrong with you
Now you have a little new calf, hoo hoo, and your milk is turnin' blue
Your calf is hungry, and I believe he needs a suck
Your calf is hungry, hoo hoo, I believe he needs a suck
But your milk is turnin' blue, hoo hoo, I believe he's outta luck
Now I feel like milkin' and my, cow won't come
I feel like chu'in' and my, milk won't turn
I'm cryin' pleease, pleease don't do me wrong
If you can old milkcow, baby now, hoo hoo, drive home
My milkcow been ramblin', hoo hoo, for miles around
My milkcow been ramblin', hoo hoo, for miles around
Well, she been troublin' some other bull cow, hoo hoo, in this man's town
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Robert Johnson performs "Milkcow's Calf Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Robert Johnson catalog on LyroVerse.
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