| Prowling Nighthawk Trk 15 3:03
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| Robert Lee McCoy
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| (aka Ramblin' Bob & Robert Nighthawk)
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| (Robert McCoy)
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| Recorded: Aurora, Illinois — Leland Hotel Wed May 5th, 1937
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| Robert Lee McCoy — vocals and guitar
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| With Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson I — harmonica
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| & Joe Williams — guitar
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| Album Vol. |
| 3 'That's Chicago’s Southside'
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| BMG Music 63 988−2
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| Now, I am the prowlin' nighthawk
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| I prowl ev’ryday an night
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| Now, I am the prowlin' nighthawk
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| I prowl ev’ryday and night
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| An the reason I prowl so long
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| My baby don’t treat me right
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| I have prowled so long
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| 'Till it made my knee bones so'
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| I have prowled so long
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| 'Till it have made my knee bones so'
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| But when I find the little girl that I love
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| You won’t see me prowl no mo'
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| Someday
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| I ain’t gon' be no prowlin' man
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| I said, someday
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| I won’t be no prowlin' man
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| I said I ain’t gon' be mischievious
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| Ain’t gonna be too hard to understand
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| 'Play it, play it, boy'
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| (harmonica & guitar)
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| 'You know you’ve been trav’lin' like I have'
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| 'Play that thing, boy'
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| Now, I’ve been ramblin' an prowlin'
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| Ever since I was twelve years old
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| I have been ramblin' an prowlin'
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| Ever since I was twelve years old
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| An I wouldn’t stop ramblin'
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| For my weight in gold
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| But someday
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| I ain’t gon' prowl no mo'
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| Yes, someday
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| I ain’t gon' prowl no mo'
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| But you know right now
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| I haven’t got no place to go |