# Let's improv some Delta Blues! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836 "2008-10-27T20:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836/1 "2008-10-27T20:27:41Z")
♪♬ Ooooooooooo ♪♬ ♪♬ My mojo ain’t workin’ ♪♬ ♪♬ My mojo ain’t workin’ no mo ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ ♪♬ I said my mojo ain’t workin’ ♪♬ ♪♬ I said my mojo ain’t workin’ no mo ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ ♪♬ And because my mojo ain’t workin’ ♪♬ ♪♬ My big mama goin’ out the door ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836/2 "2008-10-27T20:31:05Z")
_I got my ass kicked yesterday Didn’t know what to do I went to my old lady, she said Motherf_\*\*\*\* I’ll kick it too\* - Franklin Ajaye ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836/3 "2008-10-27T20:35:45Z")
My old lady done left me …um…um…um… Seems I got a woman on the side…uh huh…yes siree Makes great bacon and sings like bird …oooo Now I’m all set Until she leaves me too Shagnasty ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836/4 "2008-10-27T20:41:22Z")
♪♬ Ooooooooooo ♪♬ ♪♬ My old black bones ♪♬ ♪♬ My old black bones are hurtin’ me now ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ ♪♬ I said my old black bones ♪♬ ♪♬ I said my old black bones are hurtin’ me now ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ ♪♬ ‘Cause my old black bones are hurtin’ ♪♬ ♪♬ Can’t make my mojo work nohow ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ ♪♬ Ooooooooooo ♪♬ ♪♬ I take a northbound train ♪♬ ♪♬ I take a northbound train to Chicago ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ ♪♬ I said I take a northbound train ♪♬ ♪♬ Take a northbound train to Chicago ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ Uh huh, that’s right ♪♬ And when my train stops in Chicago ♪♬ ♪♬ I’ll get my mojo workin’ somehow ♪♬ ♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬♪♬ That’s right ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836/5 "2008-10-27T21:20:27Z")
**The Mcain Palin Blues** Apologies to Sonny Boy Williamson Well, that I got somethin’ to tell ya, Sarah, gal Sarah gal, that ya’ ought know I can get me a woman, Sarah gal Most ev’rywhere I go But Lord, knows I’m-a wild about you, Sarah gal I’m just as crazy as I can be Lord, knows I’m wild about you, good Sarah gal You ought to be a fool about me Well now, look-a-here, my Alaska gal, Sarah gal, you oughta be ashamed When the GOP comes a callin’ you, Sarah gal, You should be proud of John McCain And my brother says he’s wild about you Alaska gal He’s just as crazy as he can be My brother says, wild about you Sarah gal You oughta be a fool about him Well now, here’s my picture, Alaska gal I want you to keep it in yo’ frame Now this other boy, days is all you been lookin’ at Johnny want just the same And Lord, knows I been worrin’ about you, Sarah gal I be as crazy as I can be Now, I’ll be thinkin’ 'bout you, Alaska gal I hope you be kinda worried about me \ Now, fare you well, my Sarah gal I ain’t got no mo’ to say There’s mister so an so taken my kingdom I want you to have yo’ way Lord, knows I’m wild about you, good Sarah gal I’m just a crazy as I can be You know I’m wild about you, Sarah gal You ought to be a fool about me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836/6 "2008-10-27T23:01:31Z")
My baby, she done up and left me My girl, she done gone to town Lyin’ with a 'nother brother Left me all lone and down My woman, she got needs None that I can fulfill I ain’t got nothin’ fo her Not even a single pill The bed is cold and lonely Her sister, she gone, too Ain’t nothin’ for me but to work it out and pay my due Got them Low-Down, Hung-Down, Brung-Down Can’t Get a Hard-On Blues ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836/7 "2008-10-28T05:18:38Z")
Woke up this mornin’ ♪♬ It was Monday again ♪♬ World full of hurt ♪♬ Heart full of pain ♪♬ ♪♬ Woke up this mornin’ ♪♬ All sad and blue ♪♬ No grits in the pan♪♬ No lovin’ from you♪♬ ♪♬ ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-improv-some-delta-blues/469836/8 "2008-10-28T05:20:50Z")
♪♬ I got a man He’s 'bout six feet tall He sure can talk But he can’t ball ♪♬ Whoa, I got a man He’s big and strong He loves it quick But I love it long ♪♬