Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee lyrics

Just Rode In Your Town blues lyrics

I'm a stranger here, just rode in your town,
Oh, yes, I am, I'm a stranger here, just rode in your town,
Well, because I'm a stranger, everybody wants to dog me 'round.
Well, I wonder why some people treat the strangers so,
Oh, yes, I do, I wonder why some people treat the strangers so,
Well, he may be your best friend that you will never know.
I'm gonna write home to daddy send me my railroad fare,
Oh, yes, I am, I'm gonna write home to daddy send me my railroad fare,
Well, if he don't send it, I don't mind walkin' down.
Well, I wonder if my good girl knows I'm here,
Oh, yes, I do, lord, I wonder if my good girl knows I'm here,
Well, if she do, she just don't seem to care.
Well, I'm goin' back home wear out 99 pair of shoes,
Oh, yes, I am, I'm goin' back home wear out 99 pair of shoes,
Well, when I get back home I won't have these old stranger blues.
I'm gonna leave this town, nothing here that I can do,
Oh, no, it ain't, I'm gonna leave this town, nothing here that I can do,
Well, boy, sit right here in the troubadore, sing these old stranger blues.