I'm A Stranger Here
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry (1960)
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| I'm a stranger here, just blow'd in your town, Oh, | yes, I am! |
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| I'm a | stranger here, just blow'd in your | town. |
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| Well, be | cause I'm a stranger, | everybody wants to dog me ' | round. |
| I'm gonna write home to daddy to send me my railroad fare, Oh, yes, I am! |
| I'm gonna write home to dad to send me my railroad fare, Oh, yes, I am! |
| Well, if he don't send it, I don't mind walkin' down. |
| I'm goin' back home have to wear out ninetynine pair of shoes, Oh, yes, I am! |
| I'm goin' back home have to wear out ninetynine pair of shoes, Oh, yes, I am! |
| When I get back there I won't have these old stranger blues. |
| Let's walk together, boy |
| Well, I wonder why people treats the strangers so, Oh, Lordy Lord! |
| Well, I wonder why people treats the strangers so. |
| Well, I ain't got no place I just go from door to door. |
| You know, I'm a stranger here, just blowed in your town; Oh, yes, I am! |
| Well, I'm a stranger here, just blowed in your town; Oh, yes, I am! |
| Well, if I askin' for a favor, please don't turn me down. |