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Asa Martin, vocal with guitar; Jim Gaskin, 2nd guitar - Crawling and Creeping

from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 1: From British Tradition by Field Recorders' Collective

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Well, I dreamed last night I went a crawlin’ and a creepin’. (2)
And I crawled in the room where my baby was sleeping,
And I never want to do it again.

My baby woke up and she called the law. (2)
The next stop I made was the City Hall.
Never want to do it again.

The judge says, “Young man, don’t you laugh, (2)
This crawlin’ and creepin’ gonna be your last.
You’ll never want to do it again.”

Well, he gave me nine months for crawlin’ and a creepin’, (2)
For going in the room where my baby was sleeping,
But I never want to do it again.

Listen here, young men, when you are sleeping,
Don’t never get the habit of crawlin’ and a creepin’
And goin’ in the room where your baby is a sleeping.
You’ll never want to do it again.

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 1: From British Tradition, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by Mark Wilson, Irvine, KY, 3/73.

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