Early this morning
When you knocked upon my door
Early this morning, ooh
When you knocked upon my door
And I said "hello Satan
I believe it's time to go"

Me and the Devil
Was walkin' side-by-side
Me and the Devil, ooh
Was walking side-by-side
I'm going to beat my woman
Until I get satisfied

She said "you don't see why
That I will dog her 'round"
Now baby you know you ain't doin' me right, now
She say "you don't see why, hoo
That I would dog her 'round"
It must-a been that old evil spirit
So deep down in the ground
You may bury my body
Down by the highway side

Baby, I don't care where you bury my body when I'm dead and gone
You may bury my body, hoo
Down by the highway side
So my old evil spirit
Can get a Greyhound bus and ride


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    Thats the kind of Image I dont like people to have of Robert Johnson ^

    He wasen't even very successful atall until years after his death, while he was alive the only things he did to promote him self was to do one radio broadcast and recorded once.

    The legend of Robert Johnson "Selling his soul to the devil" is actually wrong, it was said that Tommy Johnson a slightly different delta blues musician much along the lines of Ishman Bracey than RJ sold his soul (and he boasted of this)

    Some credit this muddle to Son House who said that Robert Johnson must have sold his soul to get such music tallent in reference to the speed in which he learned how to play guitar, not literally that he went out to a crossroads.

    Robert Johnson was in no way the Musical prodigy he is made out to be, though he was good I can list a whole bunch of others with equal or more tallent than RJ: Bo Carter, Sam Collins, Ishman Bracey, King Solomon Hill, Sylvester Weaver etc. And there is the fact that alot of RJ's songs are covers/adaptions. (32-20 blues and Come on in my kitchen to name a few)

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