Travelling Riverside Blues lyrics

Intro]

Hey

That's right

[Verse 1]

Asked sweet mama, let me be her kid

She said, "You might get hurt if you don't keep it hid"

Well, I know my baby if I see her in the dark

I said, I know my rider if I see her in the dark

[Verse 2]

Now, I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

Still barrel house, but it's on the riverside, yeah

I know my baby, Lord, I said, is really sloppy drunk

I know my mama, Lord, a brown-skin, but she ain't no plum

Uh-huh, see my baby, tell her, tell her hurry home

Had no loving since my baby been gone

See my baby, tell her hurry on home

I ain't had, Lord, my right mind

Since my rider's been gone

Hey, she promises, she's my rider

I want to tell you, she's my rider

I know you're mine, she's my rider

She ain't but sixteen, but she's my rider

I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side

Anybody ask if you and me met, I keep them satisfied

But, uh, see my baby, tell her, tell her to shake my milk

Ain't no Lord since you nowhere

Ah, yeah

[Bridge]

Won't you come in my kitchen

[Verse 3]

She's a kindhearted lady

She studies evil all the time

She's a kindhearted woman

She studies evil all the time

Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg

Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed

Squeeze my lemon

'til the juice runs down my leg

I wonder if you know what I'm talking about

Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl

I swear I'm going to fall right out of bed

[Verse 4]

Ah, she's a good rider

She's my kindhearted lady

I'm going to take my rider by my side, yeah

I said her front teeth are lined with gold

She's got a mortgage on my body, got a lien on my soul

She's my brown-skin sugar plum