Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues Lyrics

AUNT CAROLINE DYER BLUES
by The Memphis Jug Band

I'm going to Newport News
just to see Aunt Caroline Dye
I'm going to Newport News
just to see Aunt Caroline Dye
[What you gon' ask her, boy?]
She's a fortune-telling woman, oh Lord,
and she don't tell no lie
[I'm gon' to see her myself]

I'm going to Newport News, partner,
catch a battleship across the doggone sea
I'm going to Newport News,
catch a battleship across the doggone sea
Because bad luck and hard work, oh Lord,
sure don't agree with me
Aunt Caroline Dye she told me,
"Son, you don't have to live so rough"
[Yes...]
Aunt Caroline Dye she told me,
"Son, you don't have to live so rough
"I'm going to fix you up a mojo, oh Lord,
so you can strut your stuff"
[Go on and strut yo' stuff!]
{fancy guitar duet}

Aunt Caroline Dye she told me,
"Son, these women don't mean you no good"
Aunt Caroline Dye she told me,
"Son, these women don't mean you no good
[Yes, i know that]
Said, "Take my advice
and don't monkey with none in your neighbourhood"
I am leaving in the morning,
I don't want no one to accuse me
Yes, I am leaving in the morning,
I don't want no one to accuse me
[Lordy]
I'm going back to Newport News
and do what Aunt Caroline Dye told me to