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Artist: Charley Patton
Canonical path: /patton-charley/rattlesnake-blues
Related lyric paths: 6
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Rattlesnake Blues
Read Rattlesnake Blues lyrics by Charley Patton on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Rattlesnake Blues
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I say I'm just like a rattlesnake baby : I say in the middle of his coil
I ain't going to have no hard time : mama rolling through this world
When I leave here mama : I'm going further down the road
So if I meet him up there : I'm going back to the Gulf of Mexico
I'm going to shake glad hands mama : I say Lord with your loving boy
Fixing to eat my supper : in Shelby Illinois
Vicksburg on a high hill : and Louisiana Lord it's just below
If I get back there : I ain't going to never be bad no more
And my baby's got a heart : like a piece of railroad steel
If I leave here this morning : never say daddy how
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Charley Patton performs "Rattlesnake Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Charley Patton catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to '34 Blues and Banty Rooster Blues with a short reason for opening each page next.
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