Norman Blake Down Home Summertime Blues Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Walking down the track, crossing all the bridges
Just a-rambling all over them long tall ridges
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues
Me and Benny Joe and his brother named Water Boy
All went down to see old Uncle Roy
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues

[Verse 2]
What's that making that terrible roar?
All that fuss down by the store
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues
Cotton gin a-hummin', and the seagulls flyin'
Barefoot children just a-fightin' and cryin'
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues

[Verse 3]
Wеll, down by the water tank, down by the dеpots
See that train just a-rollin' in really slow
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues
Hot box burning in the sandpipe flowin'
Brass bell ringin' and the black smoke flowin'
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues [Verse 4]
Going to the creek just to go in swimmin'
Thinkin' all about them pretty young women
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues
Sittin' on the bank in the dark, cool and shade
Just a-talkin' all about them uptown ladies
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues

[Verse 5]
Look at them cows and the horny old cattle
Just a-trompin' that cane and makin' it rattle
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues
Chewing them stalks and pickin' that fodder
Givin' that milk and good sweet butter
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues

[Verse 6]
Silver rails and the talkin' wires
Black cross-ties and the hobos' fires
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues
Sittin' on the platform starin' at a boxcar
Slidin' and a-pickin' that depot guitar
Lord, I got them down home summertime blues