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E​.​C. Ball, vocal and guitar - California Blues (Jimmie Rodgers)

from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo​-​African Exchange by Field Recorders' Collective

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I'm going to California, where they sleep out every night
I'm going to California, where they sleep out every night
I'm leaving you woman, you know you don't treat me right.

Listen to me, woman, sing you my lonesome song
Listen to your daddy sing you this lonesome song
Got me wearied now but I won't be weary long

Chorus:
Got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
Got the California blues and I'm sure gonna leave you here
Gonna ride the blinds, ain't got no railroad fare.

Listen to me, woman, there’s some things that you don't know
Listen to your daddy, there’s things that you don't know
I'm a do-right papa, got a home everywhere I go.

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo​-​African Exchange, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by MW and Bill Nowlin, Rugby, VA, 3/1/76. Previously unissued.

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