Devil Got My Woman – Skip James

Devil Got My Woman fu registrata a Grafton, Wisconsin, intorno al Febbraio del 1931 per la Paramount Records. In quella stessa occasione Skip James incise altri brani – sia alla chitarra che al pianoforte – tra cui Cypress Grove Blues, Cherry Ball Blues, I’m So Glad, 22-20 Blues; quest’ultima verrà rielaborata (con poche varianti testuali) da Robert Johnson per la sua 32-20, incisa nel 1936.

Devil Got My Woman

Skip James

Skip James, “Devil Got My Woman”. Registrata a Grafton, Wisconsin, circa Febbraio 1931. Paramount 13088-A (L-746-1). 78 giri. [Il lato B contiene “Cypress Grove Blues”, Paramount 13088-B (L-747-2).]

I’d rather be the devil to¹ be that woman’s man
I’d rather be the devil to be that woman’s man

Oh, nothing but the devil changed my baby’s mind
Oh, nothing but the devil changed my baby’s mind

I laid down last night, laid down last night
I laid down last night, tried to take my rest

My mind got to rambling
Like the wild geese from the west, from the west

The woman I love, Lord, woman that I love
Woman I love stoled her from my best friend

But he got lucky, stoled her back again
But he got lucky, stoled her back again