Lightnin' Hopkins Follow

Yeah, you know it ain't but the one thing
You know this black man he did was wrong
Yeah, you know it ain't but the one thing
Yeah, you know this black man he did was wrong
(And what was that?)
You know that's when I moved my wife and family
I moved them down on Mister Tom Moore's farm

Yeah you know there was four Moore brothers
Tom, Clarence, Harry and Steve
Do you know them four Moore brothers, boy,
They'll give you anything in the world you need
You may ask Mister Tom for a favor
He'll tell you go to see Mister Steve
Clarence say “we ain't putting down nothing, Lightnin', until Christmas Eve”.
There was four Moore brothers
Boy, they was the meanest mens I've ever seen
Yeah you know they done bought Washington County
Now them fools done fenced it in

Yeah yeah, you know I got a telegram this morning
Saying my wife is dead
Show it to Mister Moore, he said, "Go ahead, Lightnin'
Do you know, boy, you gotta plow old Red"

That white man say, "It's been raining, yes, and I'm way behind
I may let you bury that woman, Sam, one of these old dinner times"
I told him, "No, Mister Moore, woah, somebody's gotta go"
Yes, he said, "If you ain't able to plow, Sam
Stay up there and grab your hoe"

(And I had to cry, I stepped off to myself and cried like this:
Lord have mercy
Now listen to me good
)

You know you had a little brown Jersey
(I'm talking about a cow, man)
She walk to the fence and low – low, cow,
Woah, - she walked up to the fence and low
You know she would let it know it gonna be here to tell the captain
Anywhere you meet that man Tom Moore.