Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
Recorded: San Antonio, Texas, 1936
Released: 1937
Company: Vocalion Records, American Record Corporation
Format: 78 RPM Vinyl Record (Single)
As with many historic and modern blues songs, Robert Johnson’s 1938 song “32-20 Blues” draws from Skip James' 1931 song “22-20 Blues.” Borrowing lyrics and t...
'F I send for my baby, and she don't come
'F I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
And if she gets unruly, thinks she don't wan' do
And if she gets unruly and thinks she don't wan' do
Take my .32-20, now, and cut her half in two
She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light
She got a .38 special but I believe it's most too light
I got a .32-20, got to make the caps alright
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my gatling gun
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gotta shoot my gatling gun
You made me love you, now your man have come
Ahoh, baby, where you stayed last night
Ahah, baby, where you stayed last night
You got your hair all tangled and you ain't talking right
Her .38 special, boys, it do very well
Her .38 special, boys, it do very well
I got a .32-20 now, and it's a burning
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in West Country sure can't help her none
Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night
Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night
You didn't come home until the sun was shining bright
Ahoh boy, I just can't take my rest
Ahoh boy, I just can't take my rest
With this .32-20 laying up and down my breast
32-20 Blues was written by Robert Johnson.
32-20 Blues was produced by Don Law.