8/6/09

Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man


     Todo un clásico, escrito por  un genio (Willie Dixon) para que la interpretara otro genio (Muddy Waters). 1954,  de nuevo Chess Records, cantera inagotable de majestuosos "himnos" blues. Alguien dijo alguna vez que todos le deben algo a Muddy, alomejor algo de eso tendría que ir para Willie. Newport Festival. 1960. Su actuación fue grabada en un disco con el mismo nombre del festival al igual que hiciera Nina Simone en el mismo año.

Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man (Newport Festival, 1960).



The gypsy woman told my mama
On the day I was born
Oh, you got a boy child comin'
Oh Lord, he's gonna be a sun of a gun
He's gonna make those pretty women
You know, he's gonna make 'em jump and shout
The whole wide world gonna wonder
What it's all about

Yeah, you know I'm here
And everybody knows I'm here
I'm your Hoochie Coochie man
Oh Lord, Everybody knows I'm here

I got a black cat bone
Lord I got a mojo too
I got little John, the conquered
Oh baby, I'm gonna mess with you
I'm gonna grab those pretty women
I'm gonna grab 'em by the hand 
You know, the whole wide world gonna know
Oh Lord, I'm your Hoochie Coochie man
Yes, you know I'm here
Everybody knows I'm here

On the seventh hour
Oh Lord, on the seventh day
I tell you on the seventh month, child
Hey, the seven doctors say
Now he was born for luck
I said, baby, don't you see
I got seven hundred dollars darlin'
Don't you mess with me

Because I'm here
Everybody, everybody knows I'm here
I'm you Hoochie Coochie man
Hey, I tell you, everybody knows I'm here


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