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Artist: Memphis Minnie
Canonical path: /memphis-minnie/mean-mistreater
Related lyric paths: 6
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Mean Mistreater
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Mean Mistreater
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I have the blues at all times, they worry me night and day
I have the blues at all times, they worry me night and day
They fall so hard at times, till they send my mind away
Once I had a mistreater, kept accusing me of someone else
Once I had a mistreater, kept accusing me of someone else
When it come to a showdown, he was stepping out himself
I give him all of my money, my love, my everything
I give him all of my money, my love, my everything
He stays sweet all the winte r, jumps salty in the spring
(spoken: Low down dog
That's a nasty man)
I give up all of my pleasure, forsaken all of my friends
I give up all of my pleasure, forsaken all of my friends
But now the way he been doing, I declare it's a crying sin
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