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John Lee Hooker – Tupelo Blues
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[Verse 1] / To read about the flood / Happened long time ago / In Tupelo, Mississippi / There were thousands of lives, destroyed / It rained, it rained, both night and day / The
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John Lee Hooker – Tupelo
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(John Lee Hooker) / [Spoken:] / Did you read about the flood? / It happened long time ago, in a little country town, way back in Mississippi / It rained and it rained, it rained
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John Lee Hooker – Want Ad Blues
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I read your ad this morning you, said you want a real good man / I read your ad this morning you, said you want a real good man / Now I'm here with you baby, I want to know your
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Bob Dylan & The Band – Tupelo
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Did ya read about the flood? / Happened long time ago / In Tupelo, Mississippi / There were thousands o' lives / Destroyed / It rained, it rained / Both night and day / The poor
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John Lee Hooker – Five Long Years
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If you've ever been mistreated, you know just what I'm talkin' about / If you've ever been mistreated, you know just what I'm talkin' about / I worked five long years for one woman
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Various Artists – Tupelo (Part 1)
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[Verse] / Did you read about the flood? / It happened a long time ago / Way in a little country town / Way down in Mississippi / It rained and it rained / It rained both night and
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John Lee Hooker – Water Boy
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[Verse 1] / Water boy, how, bring your water round, how / Shackles on my feet, how, these chains hurtin' my leg / Water boy, how, water boy, how / Bring your water wrong, they got
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John Lee Hooker – Hard Headed Woman
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Well, you talkin' 'bout people that'a you don't know / You yack, yack, yack, yack all the time / Your head so hard, you won't pay me no mind / Talk pretty baby, talk all the time
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John Lee Hooker – Behind the Plow
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[Verse 1] / I was born in Mississippi out on the little country town / I was born in Mississippi, 'round a little country town / Livin' on a little cotton farm, not very far from
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John Lee Hooker (Ft. Jimmie Vaughan) – Boom Boom (2006)
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Boom boom boom boom / I'm gonna shoot you right down / Right offa your feet / Take you home with me / Put you in my house / Boom boom boom boom / A-haw haw haw / Mmm hmm hmm / Mmm
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John Lee Hooker – Too Young
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People said, we're too young to fall in love / She's 16, I'm 17, say we don't know what we're doing / She loves me, I love her. That all matter, with me / But I light up like a
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John Lee Hooker – Take Me As I Am
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[Verse 1] / Darling, take me as I am or no way at all / I am poor, I don't have a nickel / No place to call my own / But, if you love me, that's all that matters / And I love you
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John Lee Hooker – I'm Mad Again
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I had a friend one time, at least I thought I did / Taken that man in my house, give him my food / Over my table, that I couldn't afford / He come to me, he said, "Johnny, I ain't
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John Lee Hooker – I Rowed a Little Boat
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[Verse 1] / You know I rowed a little boat / 'Bout five miles cross the pond / You know I rowed a little boat / 'Bout five miles cross the pond / I pulled my things in the little
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Tupelo
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This song is about Elvis Presley’s birth in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1935. It mingles imagery from the night of Elvis' birth (his twin brother, born moments before him, was stillborn
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John Lee Hooker – Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl
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[Verse 1] / Good mornin' lil' school girl, good mornin' lil' school girl / Can I go home with, can I go home with you? / [Verse 2] / Tell your mother and your father / I'm a little
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John Lee Hooker (Ft. Carlos Santana) – Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)
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One of these days / Things gonna change / One of these days / Tings gonna change / You'll try not baby / Afterwhile gonna be mine, gonna be mine / One of these days / I'm old and
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John Lee Hooker – Church Bell Tone
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[Verse 1] / People I thought I heard, I thought I heard / Heard them church bell tone / Well, I thought I heard, I heard, thought I heard this mornin' / Thought I heard the church
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John Lee Hooker – I'm Going Upstairs
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[Verse 1] / I'm goin' upstairs and bring down all of my clothes / I'm goin' upstairs and bring down all of my clothes / Where I go, baby, you'll never know / [Verse 2] / My mother
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John Lee Hooker – Annie Mae
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Annie Mae, I need you night and day, Annie Mae / Annie Mae, Annie Mae, I want you for my own, Annie Mae / Annie Mae, Annie Mae / Don't ever leave me by myself / Annie Mae, Annie
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John Lee Hooker (Ft. Canned Heat) – I Got My Eyes on You (duet)
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I like to see you walk / I like to see you walk / I like to see you walk / You my baby / Keep my eyes on you / Well, keep on walking babe / Keep on walking / Well, keep on walking
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John Lee Hooker – My First Wife Left Me
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(John Lee Hooker) / When my first wife left me, she left my heart in misery / When my first wife left me, she left my heart in misery / Ever since that day boy, I don't think I'll
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John Lee Hooker – Bundle Up and Go
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[Verse 1] / Well, a nickel is a nickel, dime is a dime / House full-a children and now one's mine / I gotta bundle up and go, I gotta bundle up and go / Well, you high pile of
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John Lee Hooker – She’s Long, She’s Tall, She Weeps Like a Willow Tree (1959)
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[Verse 1] / She long, she tall, she weeps like a willow tree / She long, she tall, she weeps like a willow tree / I seen her last night, she was weepin' to herself / Says John "I
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John Lee Hooker (Ft. Van Morrison) – I Cover the Waterfront (1992)
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[Verse 1: John Lee Hooker] / I cover the waterfront / Watching the sea / I cover the waterfront / I could see the ships coming in to the harbor / I could see the people getting off
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John Lee Hooker – Black Snake
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[Verse 1] / He's a mean black snake sucking my writer's tongue / He's a mean black snake been sucking my writer's tongue / And if I catch him down he won't come back no more / [
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John Lee Hooker – Kiddio
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I told you, baby, how I feel / One word can close this deal / Baby, be my queen of hearts / Please gimme that love you've got / A-won't cha say yes?, don't cha say no / Make me
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John Lee Hooker – You're Looking Good Tonight
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Oh yeah, you're lookin' good again tonight / Oh baby, you're lookin' good again tonight / I believe pretty baby now I'm gonna will my love to you / When I'm dead and gone, in my
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John Lee Hooker – I Like to See You Walk
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I love to see you walk / I'm crazy 'bout your walk / I love to see you walk / You my babe; I got my eyes on you / You got dimples in your jaw / You got dimples in your jaw / You
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John Lee Hooker (Ft. Van Morrison) – Medley: Serves Me Right to Suffer/Syndicator
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It serves me right to suffer / Serves me right to be alone / It serves me right to suffer, suffer / Serves me right to be alone, alone / Because the life I'm living / I'm living in
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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Country Genius – Songs of the South: Tennessee
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Tennessee has a rich heritage and a broad diversity in music, making it one of the best places for music lovers to visit. From the beginnings of country to the string band music
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