"Shorty George (149-B)" lyrics - LEAD BELLY
Well-a Shorty George, he ain't no friend of mine
Well-a Shorty George, he ain't no friend of mine
He's taken all the women and left the men behind
Well-a Shorty George, he done been here and gone
Yes, Shorty George, he done been here and gone
Lord he left many a poor man a great long way from home
Well my baby caught the Katy, I caught the Santa Fee
Well she caught the Katy, I caught the Santa Fee
Well, you can't quit me, baby, can't you see
Well I went to Galveston, work on the Mallory Line
Went to Galveston, Lord on the Mallory Line
Babe you can't quit me, ain't no use tryin'
Shorty George, travelin' through the land
Shorty George, he's travelin' through the land
Always looking to pick some woman's poor man
When I get back to Dallas, I'm gonna walk and tell
When I get back to Dallas, gonna walk and tell
That the Fort Bend Bottom is a burning hell
Leadbelly Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings Vol. 3 (1935) (2005)
- Governor O.K. Allen (46-A)
- Ha-Ha This-A-Way (49-A)
- Alabama Bound (49-B)
- In Dem Long Hot Summer Days (50-A)
- I'm All Out And Down (144-A)
- De Kalb Blues (144-B)
- Ha-Ha This-A-Way (145-A)
- Dear Old Daddy (Interpreting Jimmy Rogers) (In 4 Parts) (145-B-1 / -2 / -3 / -4)
- I'm Gonna Hold It In Her While She's Young And Tender (146-A)
- What's You Goin' Do With Your Long Tall Daddy? (146-B)
- Dick Licker's Holler (147-A)
- Billy In The Lowlands / Here Rattler Here (147-B)
- Frankie And Albert (148-A)
- Frankie And Albert (148-B)
- Send Down Your Hand (149-A)
- Shorty George (149-B)
- Pick A Bale O' Cotton (150-B-1)
- Elnora (150-B-2)