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Blind Willie Harper
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Bobby Bare
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On a stone cold night in Memphis Willie Harper came to town
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With a blue tick hound at his heels and a dime in his shoe
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Uh he could make that guitar sing
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You should have heard that pavement ring
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When Blind Willie Harper played the blues.
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And a-he'd sing hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave me
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All alone in the dark this way
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Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me
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With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play.
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In the scarlet light of Beal Street Willie Harper found a home
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A any song you name he don't refuse
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Sweet or dirty white or black just drop a nickel in the hat
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And hear Blind Willie Harper play the blues.
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And a-he'd sing hey Jenny why'd you go and leave me
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All alone in the dark this way
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Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me
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With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play.
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Willie stops in the middle of the song as a love dealin' lady walks by
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He says a you smell sweet like someone I once knew
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Then he touches her face and some words are said
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And a knife blade shines and her blood runs red
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Blind Willie walks off singin' the blues.
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On a stone cold night in Memphis they took Blind Willie down
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They shaved his head took away his shoes
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Now from a window of a Beal Street jail cell
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Sad as a whipperwill clear as a bell
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We heard Blind Willie Harper singin' the blues.
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And a-he'd sing hey Jenny why'd you go and leave me
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All alone in the dark this way
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Hey Jenny, why'd you go and leave with me
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With these blind man dues to pay and these blues to play...
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