Diving Duck Blues, Sleepy John Estes (John Estes), 1929
Original recording: Sleepy John Estes (Vocal and Guitar), Yank Rachell (Mandolin), Jab Jones (Piano)
Recording information: Recorded for Victor Records on September 26th, 1929
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Lyrics
Divin’ Duck Blues – Sleepy John Estes
Self-accompanied, with Jab Jones, piano and Yank Rachell, mandolin
Now if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin’ duck
Now if the river was whiskey, I was a divin’ duck
I would dive on the bottom, never would come up
Don’t never take a married woman to be your friend
Don’t never take, married woman to be your friend
She will get all your money, give it to her other man
Now, a married woman always been my crave (2)
Now a married woman gon’ carry me to my grave
Now ain’t it hard to love some else, then? (2)
You can’t get her when you want her, have to use her when you can
Now the sun gon’ shine on my back door someday
Now the sun gonna shine on my back door some day
Now the wind gonna rise gonna blow my blues away
Now I went to the railroad, looked up at the sun (2)
If the train don’t hurry gon’ be some walkin’ done
