SEE SEE RIDER (Rainey, 1925)

Ma Rainey et. al.
Cover versions by Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi John Hurt, 
Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Peggy Lee, Wee Bea Booze,
Sonny Til and The Orioles, Chuck Willis, Laverne Baker,
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Eric Burdon, Elvis Presley, 
Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers, Charlie Rich, Janis Joplin, 
Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Old Crow Medicine Show


See see rider, see what you have done, Lord, Lord, Lord
Made me love you, now your gal has come
You made me love you, now your gal has come

I'm goin' away, baby, I won't be back till fall, Lord, Lord, Lord
Goin' away, baby, won't be back till fall
If I find me a good man, won't be back at all

I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I am tall, Lord, Lord, Lord
Shoot my man, and catch a cannonball
If he won't have me, he won't have no gal at all

See See Rider, where did you stay last night? Lord, Lord, Lord
Your shoes ain't buttoned and your clothes don't fit you right
You didn't come home till the sun was shining bright




(Contributed by =Ae= - January 2009)