Moon Goin' Down
original by Charlie Patton - here as performed by Thomasina Winslow & Nick Katzman



Ah, well, moon goin’ down, bab', sun’s about to shine*
Ah, well, moon goin’ down, bab', sun’s about to shine
Well, Rosetta Henry told this mornin’
I don’t want you hangin’ 'round

Ah, well, where were you now, baby, Clarksdale mill burned down**
Ah, well, where were you now, baby, Clarksdale mill burned down**
I was way down on Sunflower
With my face all full of frown

There's a house over yonder, painted all over green
There's a house over yonder, painted all over green
Some of the finest young women
You have ever seen***


I think I heard that Taylor whistle
Taylor whistle, Taylor whistle blow, Taylor whistle blow
Think I heard that Taylor whistle blow
I ain't gonna stop walkin' 'til I get in my rider's door

Lord, the smokestack is black and the bell it shine like
Bell it shine like, bell it shine like, the bell it shine like gold
Oh, the smokestack is black and the bell it shine like gold
I ain't gon’ walk there, ah, baby, ain't 'round no more



In Charlie Patton's version:
* ... North Star's bound to shine
** ... when that Clarksdale mill burned
*** ... a man most ever seen

additional verses by Charlie Patton:
Ah, I even was at midnight, 'til I heard the local blow
Ah, was even out at night when I, heard the local blow
I got to see my rider, fraid she's gettin' on board



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