T-Bone Steak Blues Lyrics
T-Bone Steak Blues Trk 6 Dsc 1 3:40
Sleepy John Estes
(John Adams Estes)
James 'Yank' Rachell - Vocal & mandolin
Sleepy John Estes - guitar and 'Tee' - harmonica
Recorded: October 2, 1929 Victor # 56336-2
Album: Gus Cannon And His Jug Stompers - 2 CD set
'Legendenary 1928 - 1930 Recordings'
JSP Records CD3406
Say you talkin' 'bout your red ripe tomatoes
I'm crazy bout my t-bone steak
Said you talkin' bout your red ripe tomatoes
I'm crazy bout my t-bone steak
Said, I'm gonna find me a faror
To share my Cadillac Eight
I got the railroad blues
Troubles come ov'r my mind
I got the railroad blues
Trouble come ov'r my mind
And that girl I'm lovin'
She sho' done left this time
Say if I had ways
Like a bullfrog on a pond
Say if I had ways
Like a bullfrog on a pond
I would ride right 'chere
Lie in sweet mama's arms
You love once ain't, forever
You know babe, two
Lord, anybod' twice
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Your love once ain't, forever
You know babe, two
Lord, anybod' twice
But you woman all get a good man
You don't know how to treat him right.
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Note: The 1st verse relates to the last verse of 'That's What My Baby Likes'
recorded by Lucille Bogan as follows:
'I gets red ripe tomatoes, buy me a T-bone steak
And if I fix it like he tell me, he'll give me a Cadillac Eight
That's what my baby likes, that's what my baby likes
He's crazy about me, and he do let me have my fun.