Strange Place Blues - Bukka White

Artist: Bukka White
Album: The Complete Sessions 1930-1940
Label: Travelin' Man
Year: 1976
Song Title: Strange Place Blues
Duration: 02:54
Track #: 04


Strange Place Blues

I'm a stranger at this place and I'm lookin' for my mother's grave,
I'm a stranger at this place and I'm lookin' for my mother's grave,
Well it seems like to me, ooh well, well some of us goin' to wail.

I was at my mother's grave, when they put my mother away,
I was at my mother's grave, when they put my mother away,
And I can't find no one ooh, well, to take her place.

After my mother was put away, I thought my wife would take her place,
After my mother was put away, I thought my wife would take her place,
I'll show you the difference 'tween a mother and a wife, ooh well, my wife done throw me away.

I wished I could find someone to take my mother's place,
I wished I could find someone to take my mother's place,
And if I can't find no one, ooh well, well you'll find me at her grave.

I'm standin' on my mother's grave and I wished I could seen her face,
I'm standin' on my mother's grave and I wished I could seen her face,
I'll be glad when that day comes, ooh well, well when it be to dive me away.