Newport News Blues

Recorded by Memphis Jug Band on Feb 27, 1927 in Memphis, TN

G, G, G, G
C, C, G, G
D/A, D/A, G, G

I'm going to Newport News mama, gonna catch a battleship across the doggone sea
(What you gonna do over there, boy?)
I'm going to Newport News mama, gonna catch a battleship across the doggone sea
(What for?)
Oh lord, this woman that I'm loving, great god partner, do not care for me
(What kind of woman is that?)

And she's got a man on a man, she's got a kid man on a doggone kid
She's got a man on a man, got a kid man on a she can kid
Kid man has got so buggy, great god partner, just can't keep it hid

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