Banty Rooster Blues Songtext
von Charley Patton

I′m gonna buy me a banty, put him at my backdoor
I'm gonna buy me a banty, put him at my backdoor
So when he see a stranger a-comin′, he'll flap his wings and crow

What you want with a rooster, he won't crow ′fore day?
What you want with a rooster, he won′t crow 'fore day?
What you want with a man, when he won′t do nothin' he say?


What you want with a hen won′t, cackle when she lays?
What you want with a hen won't, cackle when she lays?
What you want with a woman, when she won′t do nothin' I say?

Ah, take my picture, hang it up in Jackson wall1
Ah, take my picture, hang it up in Jackson wall
Anybody asks you "What about it", tell 'em "That′s all I saw"

My hook′s in the water, and my cork's on top
My hook′s in the water, and my cork's on top
How can I lose, Lord, with the help I got

I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark
I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark
I can tell my rider, if I feel her in the dark