Biography:
The Memphis Jug Band was an American musical group in the 1920s and 1930s. The band featured harmonicas, violins, mandolins, banjos, and guitars, backed by washboards, kazoo, and jugs blown to supply the bass; they played in a variety of musical styles.
Between 1927 and 1934 various African-American musicians in the Memphis, Tenn., area grouped around singer, song writer, guitarist, and harmonica player Will Shade (also known as Son Brimmer). The personnel of this jug band varied from day to day
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I would not black woman, tell the reason why (Why?)
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Black woman's evil, do things on the sly (No!)
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Look for your supper to be good and hot (Uh-huh?)
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She'll never put a neck-bone in the pot
[Chorus]
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She's on the road again, (just as sure as you're born)
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Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
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She's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
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Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
[Verse 2]
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I went to my window, my window was propped
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I went to my door, my door was locked
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I stepped right back, I shook my head
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A big black nigger in my folding bed
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I shot through the window, I broke the glass
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I never seen a little nigger run so fast
[Chorus]
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He's on the road again, (just as sure as you're born)
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Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
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He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
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Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
[Verse]
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Your friend come to your house, while passing, to rest his hat. (Yeah)
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The next thing he want to know where's your husband at
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She says, "I don't know. He's on his way to the pen
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"Come on, mama, let's get on the road again
[Chorus]
F F
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
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Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
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He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
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Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
[Break]
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[Outro]
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Come on, mama, on the road again
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C C C C
C C C C
F F C C
F F C C
F F C C
F F C C
[Verse 1]
C C
I would not black woman, tell the reason why (Why?)
C C
Black woman's evil, do things on the sly (No!)
C C
Look for your supper to be good and hot (Uh-huh?)
C C
She'll never put a neck-bone in the pot
[Chorus]
F F
She's on the road again, (just as sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
F F
She's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
[Verse 2]
C* C*
I went to my window, my window was propped
C* C*
I went to my door, my door was locked
C* C*
I stepped right back, I shook my head
C* C*
A big black nigger in my folding bed
C* C*
I shot through the window, I broke the glass
C* C*
I never seen a little nigger run so fast
[Chorus]
F F
He's on the road again, (just as sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
F F
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
[Verse]
C
Your friend come to your house, while passing, to rest his hat. (Yeah)
C
The next thing he want to know where's your husband at
C
She says, "I don't know. He's on his way to the pen
C
"Come on, mama, let's get on the road again
[Chorus]
F F
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
F F
He's on the road again, (oh, sure as you're born)
C C
Lord, a natural-born eastman on the road again
[Break]
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[Outro]
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Come on, mama, on the road again
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