DOGGONE MY GOOD LUCK SOULTRANSCRIBED BY Chris Smith (chris@skerries.demon.co.uk) Sep 21 2000
by Hattie Hudson
Oh, play that thing, Mister Yeverson! The time ain't long now.
I've got a gold horseshoe, going to put it on my door,
doggone my good luck soul,
Hey, put it on my door;
Bad luck has gone from here, it can't come back no more.
Oh lord, I've just got lucky, I believe I'll bet and win,
doggone my good luck soul,
Hey, believe I'll bet and win,
The man I've got right now, took him from my best friend.
Oh, mama, I can't be good, I believe I'll just quit trying,
doggone my good luck soul,
Hey, believe I'll just quit trying;
I don't live in the country, on paved streets all the time.
Been with my same little sugar just ten long years today,
doggone my good luck soul,
Hey, ten long years today;
And if he should quit loving me, I'll throw myself away.
Oh, poor little rabbit, you can hop all in my yard,
doggone my good luck soul,
Hey, hop all in my yard;
I ain't going to take your feet, nor fill your head with scars.
Oh, where's the mean fortune teller, and the black cat that failed?
doggone my good luck soul,
Hey, the black cat that failed?
Come around to see me in the morning, I'm carrying keys to the jail.
I got three good mens, but it's two more in my way,
doggone my good luck soul,
Hey, two more in my way;
And if this good luck don't leave me, I'll love myself away.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Individual acknowledgements for transcriptions and discographical data appear on each song-page, but i want to note that this Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo archive would never have been possible without the contributions of Gorgen Antonsson, who generously shared with me the format and content of his own personal lyrics archive, and Alan Balfour and Chris Smith, who have devoted a great deal of time to supplying me with tapes, transcribed lyrics, and detailed discographical information. Additionally, i wish to thank the kind members of the prewar blues e-list who have aided my research in innumerable ways. If you have missing data to supply, hear a substantially different take on a transcription, or want to let me know about a song that has been overlooked in these pages, please contact me through the prewar blues e-list: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/pre-war-blues.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Due to certain social, economic, and political paradigms in place at the time of their composition, many early blues songs were improperly copyrighted or not copyrighted at all. Many bore no composer credits. Many were ripped off by unethical music publishers who falsely claimed authorship and copyrighted them in their own names. Many that were once copyright-protected are now in the public domain due to publishers' or composers' failures to properly renew the copyrights. Many have since been ripped off by unethical performers or music publishers who have pretended to be the composers for the purpose of securing a belated copyright or who have claimed "arranger's" credits on songs they falsely swore were "traditional" when in fact the songs were composed by the people who originally performed them on record. It is my sincere belief that the song transcribed on this page bears the implied moral copyright of its composer, whoever that may be. If you believe that you control the copyright by virtue of authorship or legal legerdemain, you may contact me in a civil and polite manner and i will attempt in good faith to satisfy your needs in the matter of obtaining formal permission to quote the lyrics in this scholarly publication.
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