NOBODY'S DIRTY BUSINESS
(Mississippi John Hurt)
Mississippi John Hurt


(Version 1)
(Vanguard 1920)


Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but my own


Sometimes my baby gets boozy, then again she tries to rule me,
nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but my own
(spoken: That's all right, just let her rule me)


Say, baby, did you get that letter?
"If you take me back I'll treat you better"
Nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treats me,
nobody's business but my own


I'm going back to Pensacola, gonna buy my baby a muller1
Nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but my own


Nobody's
Nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but my own


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(Version 2)
recorded December 28 1928, New York City




Ain't nobody's dirty business, how my baby's treatin' me
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby's treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own


Some of these mornin's, gonna wake up crazy
Gonna grab my gun and kill my baby
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby's treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own


Some of these mornin's gonna wake up boozy
Gonna grab my gun, gonna kill old Suzie
Ain't nobody's business but mine
Goin' back to Pensacola, goin' to buy my babe a money moulder
Nobody's business but my own


Say babe, did you get that letter?
Would you take me back, I'll treat you better?
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby's treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own


Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby's treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own


Some of these mornin's, goin' to wake up crazy
Gonna grab my gun, gonna kill my baby
Nobody's business but mine
Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby's treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own


Ain't nobody's doggone business, how my baby's treatin' me
Nobody's business but my own








(Contributed by Aemoggs - March 2008)