Banty Rooster Blues Charlie Patton I'm gonna buy me a banty*, put him at my backdoor (2) So when he see a stranger a-comin', he'll flap his wings and crow What you want with a rooster?  He won't crow 'fore day (2) What you want with a man, when he won't do nothin' he say? What you want with a hen? Won't cackle when she lays (2) What you want with a woman when she won't do nothin' I say? Ah, take my picture, hang it up in Jackson Wall** (2) Anybody asks you: What about it? Tell 'em: That's all I saw My hook's in the water, and my cork's on top (2) How can I lose, Lord, with the help I got I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark (2) I can tell my rider if I feel her in the dark * slang for bantam rooster - a breed of small chickens **presumably a barrelhouse, it has been reported that  Mississippi barrelhouses of the twenties often featured pictures of local blues attractions.   alles-uke.de