Jim, Steam Killed Lula - Mississippi Fred McDowell



     
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Jim, Steam Killed Lula Lyrics


Jim Steam Killed Lula (F. McDowell)
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Recorded: March 1968 Los Angeles, CA.
Producer: Pete Welding
Album: Levee Camp Blues, Testament TCD6007
Transcriber: [email protected] Jim killed Lula
On a Friday night
Old Jim killed Lula
On a Friday
On a Friday night, LordOld Jim got ninety
Steam got ninety-nine
Old Jim got ninety
Steam got ninety
Steam got ninety-nine
Lord, LordTen thousand people
At one buryin' ground
Ten thousand people
At one buryin'

At one buryin' ground
Lord, LordJust to see undertaker
Let po' Lula down
Just to see the undertaker
Ooh Lordy, old Lula
Take old Lula downWell, the church bell ringin'
Hease went drivin' slow
Well, the church bell ringin'
Well, went drivin'
Hearse went drivin' slow
Lord, LordI hate so bad, Lord
Keep old Lula all gone
I hates her bad ass
Sleep on Lula
Sleep on Lu - la.~

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Mississippi Fred McDowell was born Fred McDowell in Rossville, Tennessee, January 12, 1904. He died in Memphis,Tennessee on July 3, 1972. He was a blues singer and guitar player in the North Mississippi style. His parents, who were farmers, died when McDowell was a youth. He started playing guitar at the age of 14 and played at dances around Rossville. Wanting a change from ploughing fields, he moved to Memphis in 1926 where he worked in a number of jobs and played music for tips.

Read more about Mississippi Fred McDowell on Last.fm.


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