Bukka White - High Fever Blues Lyrics
I'm taken down with the feverAnd it won't let me sleepI'm taken down with the feverAnd it won't let me sleepIt was about three o'clockBefore he would let me beI wish somebodyWould come and drive my fever, awayI wish somebody come and drive my fever awayThis fever I'm havin'Sho' is in my wayThe fever I'm havin'Sho' is hard on a manThe fever I'm havin'Sho' is hard on a manThey don't allow my loverCome and shake my hand(guitar & washboard)I wonder what's the matter with the fever?Sho' is hard on a manI wanna know what's the matter?How come this fever hard on a man?Doctor said, I had the fever'That your lover has another man'Doctor get yo' fever gaugeAnd put it under my tongueDoctors get yo' fever gaugeAnd put it under my tongueDoctor says, 'All you need, yo' lover in your arms.'I wants my loverCome and drive my fever, awayI wants my loverCome and drive my fever awayDoctor says she'll do me more good in a dayThan he would in all of his days.(guitar & washboard to end)