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What's The Matter Now
Mississippi Fred McDowell

What's The Matter Now 4:56 Trk 10

Mississippi Fred McDowell

Recorded Sept. 25, 1959, Como Mississippi

(previously unreleased)

Fred McDowell - guitar & vocal

w/unk 'broom sweeping' background

Album: Portraits The First Recordings

Rounder CD 1718

Transcriber: [email protected]

Note: 2 women on track with spoken comments

having fun throughout song. (poss. 3rd ,young man)

#1 prob. standing in back, #2 prob. broomsweeper.

Unk 1: 'Thought I would stand in the back

I gotta hear those.'

Fred begins:

Well, what's the matter now?

Unk 1 'She left'

'Yeah-yeah-yeah'

'Ooh, what she's doin'

Lord, I wonder

Baby, what's the matter now?

Unk 1 'Lord! Hoo!

Unk 2

Unk 1 'She left you'

Where were you when that

Little rooster crowed 'fore day?

Unk 1 'You go'd a-plenty out'

'You know where I was!'

Unk 2 'Don't tell!'

It was soon one mornin'

Baby, ev'rything was quiet

(Yeah!) (Hoo!)

Unk 'Good sound, Fred'

It was soon one mornin'

When ev'rything was quiet

(guitar)

Unk 1 'On my merry way, like he goin'

Unk 2 'You better tell him to stop then!

Unk 2 'I can't stop him!'

Unk 1 'You better!'

Lord, bring me my pistol

Lord, my shotgun, too

poss Unk 3 'Book him, now'

Unk 2

Bring me my pistol

Bring me my shotgun, too

Unk 1 'Bet he kill little birdies'

Unk 1 'Little lambs, too'

If I meet my baby's nigger

Ain't no tellin' what he might do

Unk 1 'He, right'

Unk 1 'Um-hm'

(guitar)

Unk 3 'You ain't know'd his name'

Well, it's bye-bye, baby

I ain't got no mo' t'say

Well, it's bye-bye, baby

I ain't got no-ooh mo' t'say

(guitar)

Unk 1 'Sayin' them, THINGS!'

Unk 2 'Go ahead 'n pull!'

Unk 2 'I can't keep doin' this broom!

Be happy if He Shot Me!'

'He try then, he see'



I'd rather see my mama

You come in sloppy drunk

(Yes, yes)

Ruther see my mama

Come in-in-in sloppy drunk

Then to see my baby, Lord

Packin' up her trunk

Unk 'Who says?'

Well, it's bye-bye, baby

Lord, if you call that gone

Well, it's bye-bye

If you call that gone.

(Alright!)

(Yeah!)

ha-ha-ha

~


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