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Title:	Cocaine Habit Blues	Artist:	Memphis Jug Band	Album:	N/A
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Cocaine Habit Blues 2:48 Trk 18
(Jennie Mae Clayton)
Memphis Jug Band
Hattie Hart - vocal, B. Ramey - kazoo & vocal
w/Will Shade - hmc, C. Burse - gtr
Hambone Lewis - jug
Recorded: Memphis Municipal Auditorium
May 17, 1930
Original issue Victor 38620/BVE-59933-2
Album: Vol. 2 'The First Time I Met The Blues'
Bluebird Records 'When The Sun Goes Down'
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com




Cocaine habit's mighty bad
It's the worst old habit that I ever had
(Hey, hey, baby (honey) take a wiff on me)

I went to Mr. Lehman's in a lope
Saw a sign on the window
Says 'No More Dope'
(Hey, hey, honey take a wiff on me)

If ya don't believe cocaine is good
Ask Alma Rose down in Minglewood
(Hey, hey, baby (honey) take a wiff on me)

I love my whiskey an I love my gin
But the way I love my coke is a doggone sin
(Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me)

(harmonica)

Since cocaine went out of style
You can catch 'em shootin' needles all the while
(Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me)

Well, it takes a little coke to give me ease
Strut yo' stuff long as you please
(Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me)

(harmonica)

'Let's all take a wiff on that account'

(And let's, S-H-A HAY-AY, HA-AY-ARE.

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