Rememberence of Patton 4:01 Trk 15 Bukka (Booker T. Washington White) personnel Recorded: Memphis, Tennessee (A spoken by Bukka White) [email protected]
Always to be like old Charlie Patton. Long ago when I was a kid, I him an play those about: 'I'll hitch up my buggy and my black mare'
An I used to pick an come around in Clarksdale them cafes, eatin' cheese an cracker. None of the boys they didn't have an idea I was thinkin'. I say, I wants to come to be a man like Charlie Patton, but I didn't want to get 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 one of those ol' sand-foot woman, womens to come up and cut my throat or do to me was unnecessary.
And so on down and got me old piece a-guitar. And I always wanted to about 'Hitch up my buggy, saddle up my mare' 'I wanna find my baby in this big world, somewhere.'
And I got chance he was passed. So, he wasn't even about passing. And I shaked his hand once, his in Clarksdale have a brother that at The Compress. And I said, if I ever to get half way grown or grown, I would wanna be just like Charlie was.
An after I heard his death I got might near grown I would have liked at time To met the one caused him to have that dead. 'Cause he was a boy. And ah, he to play-a, a number by 'Old blue the rabbit and they runnin' one sold mile' 'When the rabbit fell dead, he cried just a child'. And you I felt so good over that I quit eatin' rabbit. 'Cause them you know do holler when the dog up to 'em. He could bit in a newborn baby And they was and cry'nin'. And ah, after I hear, Charlie Patton on an play that number, I I just stop eat rabbit If had my dog catch 'em and I take from 'em.
And so as I went on to say, you know is a little old town that-a-way. A lot of good boys in there. But in traveling through little small town like that, a good I found a good man can do is take it easy and take his time and fool with that you don't have. Ah, that's not worthwhile. You have time even, to fool around with. take life easy. 'Cause ev'rything shine gold And gold you know, they's a lot of You know, like gold.
And so Charlie Patton to sing that song about up my buggy and saddle up my black mare' And I hear, would just 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 when I was up about 'Downtown women them dogs on me'. I was one that kind-a with it. Ah, I think I made a pretty 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 got any friends or relative His mother or father might be To hear me sayin' that I just let 'em know '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 Patton me a little in a spoon. He said, 'You're too young to drink too much But I'm 'onna give you to know what it's about. And I think about that. I I'd aks him to gimme the spoon.
And so, we're here I rather of old time thing like that We've got to thing 'un of consideration. You know thing like Suppose to bring a man 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 the day I could shake Charlie Patton hand.
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