| with Blind John Davis — piano, Ted Summitt — gtr
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| Armand 'Jump' Jackson — drums
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| Recording: Chicago, Dec 14, 1944
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| Album: Vol. |
| 4 Document Records DOCD5058
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| You is just a desperated woman
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| My baby ain’t no earthly good
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| You are just a desperated woman
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| My baby ain’t no earthly good
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| I don’t need no tellin
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| I found it out in her neighborhood now
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| Now my baby killed her daddy
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| An shot her dear old brother, too
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| She say, was just a funny actin', old man
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| Old man, didn’t know exactly how to do
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| An she just a desperated woman, now
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| My baby ain’t no earthly good
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| Now an I don’t need no tellin then
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| I found it out in her neighborhood, now
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| Now an for killin' her daddy
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| My baby even didn’t get no time
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| She winked her eye at the judge
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| The judge didn’t even charge her a single dime
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| She’s just a desperated woman, yeah
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| My baby ain’t no earthly good
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| I don’t need no tellin, yeah
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| I found it out in her neighborhood
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| 'Now take it John'
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| (piano & instrumental)
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| I had a good right a-sellin' whiskey
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| An I sit down and told my baby, so
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| An she wasn’t satisfied until
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| She let the chief police know
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| An she’s just a desperated woman, yeah
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| My baby ain’t no earthly good
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| Now an I don’t need no tellin, no
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| I found it out in her neighborhood, now. |