Tough Luck Trk 1 3:03

Robert Lee McCoy (aka Ramblin' Bob & Robert Nighthawk)

(Robert McCoy)

Recorded: Aurora, Illinois - Leland Hotel Wed May 5th, 1937

Robert Lee McCoy - vocals and guitar

with Sonny Boy Williamson - harmonica and Joe Williams - guitar.

Album: Robert Lee McCoy Bluebird Recordings 1937-1939

1997 Bluebird RCA #67416-2









Now, got in tough luck

All my people they're dead an gone

Now, got in tough luck

All my people they're dead an gone

An I haven't got any money

No place to call my home



When a man gets in tough luck

Nobody wants him 'round

When a man gets in tough luck

Nobody wants him 'round

If ya haven't got any money

There is no friend to be found



When a man got alots a-money

He'll have friends at ev'ry house

When a man got alots a-money

He'll have friends at ev'ry house

But if he haven't got any money

He'll be treated like a cat wit'out a mouse



'Ooh, step on it'



(guitar & harmonica)



'Play that thing, boy, play that'



'My fever's a hundred an sixty below zero'



Now when I got in tough luck

My pig meat didn't treat me right

When I got in tough luck

My pig meat didn't treat me right

But why should I worry about a pig meat?

Sleepin' with an old hog ev'ry night



So, when I get outta this tough luck

I'm goin' to leave your home

When I get outta this tough luck

I'm goin' to leave your home

Because you treats me mean

You know you done me wrong.



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