Big Chief Blues

[Verse 1]
I'm goin' away baby, take me seven long months to ride
Goin' away baby, take me seven long months to ride
January, February, March, April, May, June, July

[Verse 2]
I was three years old when my poor mother died
I was three years old when my poor mother died
If you mistreat me, mistreat a motherless child

[Verse 3]
I dreamt last night the whole round world were mine
I dreamt last night the whole round world were mine
Wasn't nothing at all but my good girl jumpin' down

[Verse 4]
She put carbolic in my coffee, turpentine in my tea
Carbolic in my coffee, turpentinе in my tea
Strychnine in my biscuit, Lord but she didn't hurt mе

[Verse 5]
Baby when I marry, gonna marry a Indian squaw
I mean when I marry, gonna marry a Indian squaw
Big chiefs Lord, be my daddy-in-law

I say when I marry, gonna marry a Indian squaw
So the big chief can be my daddy-in-law