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Black Snake Moan by Ramblin' Jack Elliott album cover

Black Snake Moan

by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Lyrics
Well-well, I ain't got no mama now
Well-well, I ain't got no mama now
She told me late last night
"You don't need no mama no how"

Sit and wonder will a matchbox hold my clothes
Yeah, will a matchbox hold my clothes
I ain't got so many matches
But I got so far to go

I got a great long black snake crawlin' in the room
Yeah, black snake crawlin' in my room
Handsome pretty momma better come down here
Take this black snake soon

That must been a bedbug
I know a chinch can't bit that hard
Yeah, bedbug, I know a chinch can't bit that hard
Asked my woman for 50 cents
She said "Lemon, ain't a dime in the yard"