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Good Old 51 Highway Trk 20 2:33
'Jazz' Bill Gillum (William McKinley Gillum)
(Bill Gillum)
Bill Gillum & His Jazz Boys
Jazz Gillum - vocal & hmc with Big Bill Broonzy - guitar, unk bass
Prob. Washboard Sam (Robert Brown) - washbrd
Recorded: Aurora, Ill., Thursday June 16th, 1938
Album: Bill 'Jazz' Gillum The Bluebird Recordings 1934 -1938
Bluebird 66717-2 RCA, BMG 1997.
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com



My baby woke up this mornin'
And she said she highway bound
Yes, my baby woke up this mornin'
An she said she highway bound
She wanna find Number 51
That the main highway outta town

She wouldn't even talk to me
Didn't have a word to say
She wouldn't even talk to me
Didn't have a word to say
She asked all her friends
Where she could find 51 Highway

Tell her, I feel like takin' my suitcase
An sittin' down on a lonesome highway
I feel like takin' my suitcase
An sittin' down on a lonesome highway
So (she) if she leave out on Number 51
I'll overtake her just 'fore day

(harmonica & instrumental)

If I had my machine
I wouldn't worry about her leavin' town
If I had my machine
I wouldn't worry about her leaving town
'Cause I'd hit that 51 Highway
Lord know, I'd roll that highway down.

~
Good Old 51 Highway Trk 20 2:33  'Jazz' Bill Gillum (William McKinley Gillum)  (Bill Gillum)  Bill Gillum & His Jazz Boys  Jazz Gillum - vocal & hmc with Big Bill Broonzy - guitar, unk bass  Prob. Washboard Sam (Robert Brown) - washbrd  Recorded: Aurora, Ill., Thursday June 16th, 1938  Album: Bill 'Jazz' Gillum The Bluebird Recordings 1934 -1938  Bluebird 66717-2 RCA, BMG 1997.  Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com        My baby woke up this mornin'  And she said she highway bound  Yes, my baby woke up this mornin'  An she said she highway bound  She wanna find Number 51  That the main highway outta town    She wouldn't even talk to me  Didn't have a word to say  She wouldn't even talk to me  Didn't have a word to say  She asked all her friends  Where she could find 51 Highway    Tell her, I feel like takin' my suitcase  An sittin' down on a lonesome highway  I feel like takin' my suitcase  An sittin' down on a lonesome highway  So (she) if she leave out on Number 51  I'll overtake her just 'fore day    (harmonica & instrumental)    If I had my machine  I wouldn't worry about her leavin' town  If I had my machine  I wouldn't worry about her leaving town  'Cause I'd hit that 51 Highway  Lord know, I'd roll that highway down.    ~
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