"National Defense Blues" lyrics - LEAD BELLY
I had a little woman workin' on that National Defense
I had a little woman workin' on that National Defense
That woman got to the place, where act like she did not have no sense
Just because she was workin', makin' so much dough
Just because she was workin', makin' so much dough
That woman got to the place, did not love me no more
Every payday would come, her check was big as mine
Every payday would come, her check was big as mine
That woman thought that Defense was gonna last all the time
That Defense is gone, just listen to my song
That Defense, it is gone, just listen to my song
Since that Defense been gone, that woman done lose her home
[Spoken:]
Yes, she is... yeah... well all right, then
I will tell you the truth and it's got to be the fact
I will tell you the truth and it's got to be a fact
Since that Defense has gone, that woman losed her Cadillac
Lead Belly's Last Sessions (1994)
- Yes, I Was Standing In The Bottom
- Yes, I'm Going Down In Louisiana
- Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
- Dick Ligger's Holler
- Liza Jane
- Dog Latin Song
- Leaving Blues
- Go Down, Old Hannah
- The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
- Nobody In This World Is Better Than Us
- We're In The Same Boat, Brother
- Looky Looky Yonder
- Jolly O' The Ransom
- Old Ship Of Zion
- Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Black Betty
- Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
- Yes, I'm Going Down In Louisiana
- I Don't Know You, What Have I Done?
- Rock Island Line
- Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch A Rabbit?
- Shorty George
- Stewball
- Bottle Up And Go
- You Know I Got To Do It
- Ain't It A Shame To Go Fishin' On Sunday
- Dekalb Blues (Ain't Gonna Drink No More)
- Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
- My Lindy Lou
- I'm Thinking Of A Friend
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- Gee, But I Want To Go Home (Army Life)
- In The World
- I Want To Go Home
- New Iberia
- Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
- John Henry
- Salty Dog
- National Defense Blues
- Easy, Mr. Tom
- Relax Your Mind
- Bottle Up And Go
- Polly Wolly Wee
- Pig Latin Song
- Hawaiian Song
- Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla
- The Gray Goose
- Silver City Bound
- The Titanic
- Death Letter Blues
- Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- The Midnight Special
- Boll Weevil
- Careless Love
- Easy Rider
- Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town) (Cry To Me)
- Dekalb Blues (Ain't Going To Drink No More)
- Birmingham Jail
- Old Riley
- Julie Ann Johnson
- It's Tight Like That
- 4, 5 And 9
- Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do?
- Jail House Blues
- Well, You Know I Had To Do It
- Irene (Goodnight Irene)
- Story Of The 25 Cent Dude
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
- Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone
- Hesitation Blues
- I'll Be Down On The Last Bread Wagon
- Digging My Potatoes
- Springtime In The Rockies
- Chinatown
- Rock Island Line
- Backwater Blues
- Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
- Irene (Goodnight Irene)
- Easy, Mr. Tom
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
- I'm Alone Because I Love You
- House Of The Rising Sun
- Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
- Talk About Fannin Street
- Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)
- Sugar'd Beer
- Didn't Old John Cross The Water?
- Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out
- Bully Of The Town
- Sweet Jenny Lee
- Yellow Gal
- He Was The Man
- We're In The Same Boat, Brother
- Leaving Blues