Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.[
The musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins is "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act".
LYRICS :
This morning I woke up, woke up, I woke up this morning
Yes, poor Lightin' sure was please
Woah, I woke up this morning
Yes, poor Lightin' sure was please
Woah, I heard somebody callin'
That were my little girl callin' me
She called kind of lonesome, she said
She said "Lightin', oh Lightnin'
Darlin', do you something that keeps on worrying me?
Woah, lord have mercy
Yes, something keeps on worryin' me
Woah, I know just around here somewhere
But I'm bothered wondering where can you be"
And I broke down, and I cried a little while I say
Yes, poor Lightin' sure was please
Woah, I woke up this morning
Yes, poor Lightin' sure was please
Woah, I heard somebody callin'
That were my little girl callin' me
She called kind of lonesome, she said
She said "Lightin', oh Lightnin'
Darlin', do you something that keeps on worrying me?
Woah, lord have mercy
Yes, something keeps on worryin' me
Woah, I know just around here somewhere
But I'm bothered wondering where can you be"
And I broke down, and I cried a little while I say