J.B.Lenoir, "Alabama Blues" & "Talk To Your Daughter"

                                                     

J.B. Lenoir (1929 – 1967) was a  blues guitarist ,songwriter and singer, active in the Chicago music scene in the 1950s and 1960s.

"Alabama Blues" was probably His best known song along with "Talk To Your Daughter".

"I never will go back to Alabama, that is not the place for me
I never will go back to Alabama, that is not the place for me
You know they killed my sister and my brother
And the whole world let them peoples go down there free

I never will love Alabama, Alabama seem to never have loved poor me
I never will love Alabama, Alabama seem to never have loved poor me
Oh God I wish you would rise up one day
Lead my peoples to the land of pea'

My brother was taken up for my mother, and a police officer shot him down
My brother was taken up for my mother, and a police officer shot him down
I can't help but to sit down and cry sometime
Think about how my poor brother lost his life

Alabama, Alabama, why you wanna be so mean?
Alabama, Alabama, why you wanna be so mean?
You got my people behind a barb wire fence
Now you tryin' to take my freedom away from me"

                                                                 

                                                          

                                                                This is pure Blues!!


"Mama, mama please talk to your daughter 'bout me

Mama, mama please talk to your daughter 'bout me
She had made me to love her and I aint gonna leave her be

I aint gonna stand no quitting and she wont have me around
I aint gonna stand no quitting and she wont have me around
If she got me a ride, shed be six feet in the ground

You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
She had made me to love her and I aint gonna leave her be

You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
She had made me to love her and I aint gonna leave her be

You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
You should talk to your daughter
She had made me to love her and I aint gonna leave her be"