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Artist: Papa Charlie Jackson
Canonical path: /papa-charlie-jackson/salty-dog-blues
Related lyric paths: 6
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Salty Dog Blues
Read Salty Dog Blues lyrics by Papa Charlie Jackson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Salty Dog Blues
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Says it ain't but the one thing: That grieve my mind
All these women: And none is mine
Says a little fish big fish: Swimming in the water
Come on back here man: And give me my quarter
It's like hunting for a needle: In a bed of sand
Trying to find a woman: Haven't got no man
Three barrels of your whiskey: Four barrels of gin
Says I have a papa home: And you can't come in
Says god made a woman: And he made her mighty funny
Kiss her on the mouth: Just sweet as any honey
Now who in the ham: And the confoundation
Been sowing them potatoes: On my plantation
Now the scariest I ever been: In my life
Uncle caught me: Kissing his wife
Now if this was a coffeepot: And that was a spout
I'll be the *worst* boy: To pour the coffee out
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Papa Charlie Jackson performs "Salty Dog Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Papa Charlie Jackson catalog on LyroVerse.
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