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Washington D.C Hospital Center Blues - Skip James



     
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Yes, I was a good man
But I'm's a po' man
You understandIn the hospital, now
In Washington D.C.
Ain't got nobody
To see about meBut I'm's a good man
But I'm's a po' man
You can understandAll the doctors
And nurses, too
They came and they asked me
'Who in the world are you?'I says, I'm the good man
But I'm's a po' man
You can understandThe doctors and nurses
They shakin' their head
Said, 'Take this po' man
And put him to bed'Because he's a good man
We know he's a po' man
We can understandI didn't go hungry

I had a-plenty to eat
I had good treatment
And a place to sleepBecause I was a good man
They knew I was a po' man
They could understandI met a little damsel
She promised me
That she would love me
And always be sweetShe found out I was a po' man
And I thought I was a good man
She couldn't understand, noNow, when she left me
She got in the do'
She waved me, good-bye
I haven't seen her no mo'She found out I was a good man
She knew I was a po' man
She couldn't understandThe doctors and nurses
They shakin' my hand
Say, 'You can go home now, Skip
You's a sound, well man'Because you's a good man
You's a po' man
We can understandI'd thankin' my doctor
And I was shakin' his hand
I'm gon' play these, 'Hospital Blues'
'Till you's a wealthy man'You took me as a good man
You know'd I was a po' man
You could understandYou know'd I was a good man
But I'm's a po' manYou can understand!
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NEHEMIAH SKIP JAMESPublished by
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Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. Early years James was born near Bentonia, Mississippi. As a youth, he heard local musicians such as Henry Stuckey and brothers Charlie and Jesse Sims and began playing the organ in his teens. He worked on road construction and levee-building crews in his native Mississippi in the early 1920s, and wrote what is perhaps his earliest song, "Illinois Blues", about his experiences as a laborer.

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