I GOT A WOMAN
(Originally titled "I've Got A Woman")
(Ray Charles / Renald Richard)

Ray Charles - 1954
Jo Stafford - 1955 (Titled "I Got A Sweetie")
Elvis Presley - 1956
Eddie Bond & The Stompers - 1956
Carl Perkins - 1958
Bill Haley & His Comets - 1959
Bobby Darin - 1960
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1960
Johnny Hallyday - 1962 (France)
Jimmy McGriff - 1962
Anita Kerr Singers - 1962
Troy Shondell - 1962
Rick Nelson - 1963
Conway Twitty - 1963
Freddie Scott - 1963
The Beatles (Radio Transcript) - 1963
Johnny Rivers - 1964
The Banshees - 1964
The Hep Stars - 1964 (Sweden)
Everly Brothers - 1965
Trini Lopez - 1965
Bobby Vinton - 1966
Johnny Cash & June Carter - 1973
Mac Curtis - 1970
Bob Luman - 1971

Also recorded by:
Adam Faith; The Monkees; Stevie Wonder; Paolo Nutini; John Mayer;
Ace Cannon; Bill Justis; Jerry Kennedy; Chet Atkins; Gibson Brothers;
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; Bryan Adams ........ and many others. 




As recorded by RAY CHARLES:


Well, I got a woman way over town
That's good to me, oh yeah 
Say, I got a woman way over town
Good to me woah-yea-ah 
She gives me money when I'm in need
Yeah, she's the kind of a friend in deed 
I got a woman way over town 
That's good to me, oh yeah

She saves her lovin' early in the mornin'
Just for me, oh yeah 
She saves her lovin' early in the mornin' 
Just for me, oh yeah
She saves her lovin' just for me
Aah, she loves me so tenderly
I got a woman way over town 
That's good to me, oh yeah

(Instrumental Break)

She's there to love me 
Both day and night 
Never grumbles or fusses 
Always treats me right
Never runnin' in the streets
Leavin' me alone 
She knows a woman's place 
Right there now in her home

Well, I got a woman way over town
That's good to me, oh yeah 
Say, I got a woman way over town
That's good to me woah-yea-ah 
Oh, she's my baby, don't you understand
Yeah and I'm her lover man
I got a woman way over town 
That's good to me, oh yeah

Doncha know she's alright, doncha know she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
Oh-oh yeah


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As recorded by JO STAFFORD:


I got a sweetie way over town
He's good to me, oh yeah
Well, I got a sweetie way over town
He's good to me, oh yeah
Now, he's my dreamboat, oh, yes indeed
He's just the kind of man I need
I found a sweetie way over town
He's good to me, oh yeah

I save my kisses and all my huggin'
Just for him, oh yeah
I save my kisses and all my huggin'
Just for him, oh yeah
When I say, "Baby, please take my hand"
He holds me tight, he's my lovin' man
I found a sweetie way over town
He's good to me, oh yeah

(Instrumental Break)

He always answers my beck and call
Everlovin' daddy, half a treetop tall
I feel so proud walkin' by his side
Couldn't get a better man, no matter how hard I tried

I got a sweetie way over town
He's good to me, oh yeah
I got a sweetie way over town
He's good to me, oh-oh yeah
Someday we'll marry, don't you understand
'Cause he's my only lover man
I found a sweetie way over town
He's good to me, oh yeah

Well, doncha know he's alright, he's alright, he's alright
Well, doncha know he's alright, he's alright, he's alright
Well, doncha know he's alright .......... FADE


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2018)