busessuck1's video: Beale St Sheiks - It s a Good Thing - Early Rap

Memphis Blues and Minstrel Performer Frank Stokes talking very quickly about violence and misogyny... remind you of something? Rough Lyrics Transcription: When I was a young 'un, God, 'n in my prime had Sixteen diff'rent women all the time Had a woman, God, her name was Lou Can't godamighty tell what the woman would do Another woman, God, her name Henrietta Talked to 16 men, says she (knew?) no better Another woman, God, her name was Jenny Talk to white folks, black folks, wouldn't 'cuse any Another woman, God, her name was Matty She's a slippin' and a dodgin' in some dark alley Another woman, God, her name was May (A fresh man on her), God, every day. I knocked May down, stomped in her face Had some trouble 'mong the police raid. (Went to?) the workhouse, work out my time Had the same doggone woman on my mind. Time I got out, Lord, I stumbled in sin, I tore right back to May's house again. Time I come to her house she ready to have a little fun (made me come back ??), I got more than one. Let me tell ya little somethin', don't you raise no fuss Most these young women won't do to trust bowlegged from the ankle plumb to the knee Full of down devilment as they can be While you out, man, tryin' to study some plan She's winkin' and blinkin' at another man You get outta sight, she peepin' through the crack, "I wonder how long 'fore the old man gets back?" Her man gets back, he ready to have a little fun, Before he get out of sight she got more than one. Now I'm gettin' old Lord my hair gettin gray I'm not bowlegged but I walk that a-way Claim to be the oldest rat of the barn I known about the women long before I got grown. Some in the daytime, some at night, How in the world can you treat a lab'rin' man right? The time you get out you're ready to primp your head, Turn around, slippin' there, jumpin' in your bed, Jump in your bed, goin' to have a little fun, Next thing they wanna know, got a little lunch done? A little lunch done, from three or four (Tonk?) it around before the old man goes. You may be brownskin, color may be black, What I say 'bout these women I won't take it back, I get drunk, love to have my fun, Most all the women got more than one. ...One woman won't never do