Milk Cow Blues
Sleepy John Estes * Track #11 On The Legend of Sleepy John Estes
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“Milk Cow Blues” is a blues classic that was originally recorded by Sleepy John Estes in 1930 and released as Victor #59918-2.
There is a confusing history of this song, given that different versions of Estes’s composition exist along with other classic blues songs that share the same or a similar...
Milk Cow Blues Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Now ask sweet mama, let me be her kid
She says, "I might get buggies I couldn't keep it hid"
Well, she looked at me, she begin to smile
Says, "I thought I would use you for my man a while
That you just don't let my husband catch you there
Now, just, just don't let my husband catch you there"
[Verse 2]
Now, went upstairs to pack my leavin' trunk
I never saw no whiskey, the blues done made me sloppy drunk
Say, I never saw no whiskey, blues done made me sloppy drunk
Now, I never saw no whiskey but the blues done made me sloppy drunk
[Verse 3]
Now some said its greens, some says it was beans
But it's the slow consumption killin' you by degrees
Lord, it's the slow consumption killin' you by degrees
Now, it's the slow consumption and it's killin' you by degrees
Milk Cow Blues Q&A
Who wrote Milk Cow Blues's ?
Milk Cow Blues was written by Sleepy John Estes.
When did Sleepy John Estes release Milk Cow Blues?
Sleepy John Estes released Milk Cow Blues on Tue May 13 1930.