Lonnie Johnson - New Black Snake Blues-Part 2 (1928) lyrics

VS: I feel so shaky, my nerves done fade away.

I feel so shaky, my nerves done fade away.

I killed nine hundred and ninety-nine snakes today.

LJ: I know I’m a cheater, I suck any woman’s blood.

I know I’m a cheater, I suck any woman’s blood.

My home’s not like yours, I can make it in a ditch of mud.

VS: Ohhhhh, my door stood open all night long.

Mmmm, my door stood open all night long.

Askin’myself, where my black snake has gone?

LJ: Just before I left you, my tongue bit you on your leg.

Before I left, with my tongue I bit you on your leg.

I know I’m poison, that’s why I rather see you dead.

VS: I can stand everything but a black snake makin’ south.

I can stand everything but a black snake makin’ south.

LJ: You don’t have to worry mama, I ain’t comin’ back south no more.