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Rememberence of Charlie Patton Trk 15
White (Booker T. Washington White)
Unknown
Recorded: 1963 Memphis,
(A spoken by Bukka White)
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Always wanted to be old Charlie Patton.
Long ago I was a kid, I hear him an
play those numbers
'I'll hitch up my and saddle my black mare'

An I used to pick cotton an around
in Clarksdale after them cafes, eatin'
an cracker.
None of the other boys they didn't have an
I was thinkin'.
I say, I to come to be a great man like
Charlie Patton, but I want to get killed
he did, the way he got killed, the way he had to go.
I've always I knew I had to die but I didn't
want one of ol' sand-foot woman, womens to
up and cut my throat or do somethin' to me
was unnecessary.

And so goes on and got me old piece a-guitar.
And I always wanted to play
up my buggy, saddle up my black mare'
'I find my baby in this great big world, somewhere.'

And I got chance he was passed.
So, he wasn't even thinkin' passing.
And I his hand once, his brother in Clarksdale
a brother that work at The Compress.
And I said, if I ever to get half way grown
or grown, I would wanna be like Charlie Patton was.

An after I heard about his
After I got near grown
I have liked at that time
To met the one caused
him to have that dead. he was a great boy.
And ah, he to play-a, a number by
'Old blue jumped the and they runnin' one sold mile'
'When the rabbit dead, he cried just like a child'.
And you know I felt so good over I quit eatin' rabbit.
'Cause them rabbit you do holler when the dog
catch up to 'em. He bit in a newborn baby
And was screamin' and cry'nin'.
And ah, after I hear, Charlie went on
an play that number, I 'cide I just eat rabbit
If had my dog catch 'em and I take away 'em.

And so as I went on to say, you Clarksdale
is a little old town that-a-way.
A lot of good been in there.
But in traveling them little small town
like that, a good thing I a good man can do
is it easy and take his time and don't fool with
things you don't have. Ah, that's not worthwhile.
You don't time even, to fool around with.
take life easy.
'Cause ev'rything like gold
And gold you know, a lot of brass
You know, shine gold.

And so Charlie used to sing that song about
'Hitch up my buggy and saddle up my black
And I hear, just knock me off my feet.
I was bare-feeted, bare-feeted boy, too.
And I it so well after I growed up, the first
record I put out when I was up about
women sickin' them dogs on me'.
I was one that kind-a compare it.
Ah, I think I a pretty good hit on that!

But now, I done forgot I don't it so much.
But at time he was goin' so good, you know?
And ah, if he's got any or relative
His mother or father wherever be
To hear me that I just wanna let 'em know

'Old remember, do be forgotten'.
that then went on, you know.

So, I to it.
To all his friends, his cousins, to ev'rything.
I to be the second behind old Big Charlie Patton.

He did.
And to you the truth
The first drank of whiskey that I dranken
Patton give me a little in a spoon.
He said, 'You're too young to drink too much
But I'm 'onna give you enough to what it's about.
And I think about that.
I I'd aks him to gimme the spoon.

And so, while we're
I rather thinkin' of old time like that
We've got to take 'un of consideration.
You thing like that
Suppose to a man mind back.

If you're too fast
You're to take a consideration
an settle down, and about.
'Cause that's your best you can get over.

I just wish the day I could Charlie Patton hand.

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