Charley Patton - Mean Black Cat Blues lyrics

It's a mean black cat lord
A clawing on my door
It's a mean black cat lord
A clawing on my door
I'm going down to Louisiana where I
Won't hear him whine no more

It's a mean black cat lord
A all around my bed
It's a mean black cat lord
A all around my bed
I'm gonna get up some morning
Kill that black cat dead

It's a mean black cat lord a
Lord it's wearing my cloths
It's a mean black cat lord a
I mean it's wearing my cloths
Just you put him on my
Levee let that black go
First time I met you I said you was a crook
First time I met you said you was a crook
You got a new way of loving
Where ain't in no book

Next time I met you know I made a hit
Next time I met you know I made a hit
But got a new way of loving
Where it just won't quit