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

An I used to pick cotton an come
in Clarksdale them cafes, eatin' cheese
an cracker.
None of the other boys they have an idea
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 realized I knew I had to die but I
want one of ol' sand-foot woman, womens to
come up and cut my throat or do to me
was unnecessary.

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

And I got before he was passed.
So, he even thinkin' about passing.
And I shaked his hand once, his brother in
a brother that work at The Compress.
And I said, if I ever lived to get half way
or grown, I would wanna be just like Charlie was.

An I heard about his death
After I got might grown
I would have liked at time
To met the one caused
him to have dead. 'Cause he was a great boy.
And ah, he used to play-a, a by
'Old blue jumped the rabbit and they runnin' one sold
'When the rabbit fell dead, he cried like a child'.
And you know I so good over that I quit eatin' rabbit.
'Cause them you know do holler when the dog
catch up to 'em. He could bit in a baby
And they was and cry'nin'.
And ah, I hear, Charlie Patton went on
an play that number, I I just stop eat rabbit
If had my dog 'em and I take away from '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 through them little small town
like that, a thing I found a good man can do
is take it easy and take his time and fool with
things that you have. Ah, that's not worthwhile.
You don't have time even, to around with.
take life easy.
'Cause ev'rything like gold
And gold you know, they's a lot of
You know, shine gold.

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

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

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

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

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

And so, while here
I rather thinkin' of old time like that
got to take thing 'un of consideration.
You know thing that
to bring a man mind back.

If you're goin' too
You're suppose to a consideration
an settle down, and about.
'Cause that's best you can hardly get over.

I just wish the day I shake Charlie Patton hand.

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