Maude Mills Black Snake Blues Lyrics

Black Snake Blues Lyrics

'Cause my left eye is jumping, 

And my flesh begins to crawl, 

I
said my left eye is jumping, 

And my flesh begins to crawl, 

You
can bet my last dollar 

There's another mule kickin' in my stall. 



Oh, I ain't gonna tell you no more, 

I said oh, I ain't gonna
tell you no more, 

Stay away from my window, 

Don't you knock at my
door. 



I'd rather be a catfish swimming in the deep blue, 

Lodged beneath a submarine, behind a floating boat, 

I'd rather be a
catfish, 

Swimming in the deep blue sea, 

Than to stay in Texas,
let 'em try to mistreat me. 



Oh, I ain't gonna tell you no more,


I said oh, I ain't gonna tell you no more, 

Stay away from my
window, 

Don't you knock at my door. 



It's a mean black
snake that's carried me this gate, 

Taught me my mistake, treated me hard
to take, 

It's a mean black snake that's doing me this way. 

If I
ever go back south, I'm going back there to stay.