TruCountry: Jody Nix And Louise Rowe performs "Milk Cow Blues "

TruCountry: Jody Nix And Louise Rowe performs "Milk Cow Blues "

"Milk Cow Blues" is a blues song written and originally recorded by Kokomo Arnold in September 1934. In 1935 and 1936, he recorded four sequels designated "Milk Cow Blues No. 2" through No. 5. The song made Arnold a star, and was widely adapted by artists in the blues, Western swing.

In 1941, Johnnie Lee Wills (younger brother of Bob Wills) recorded a version which was released the same year by Decca Records as "Milkcow Blues" by Johnny Lee Wills & His Boys. It was sung by Cotton Thompson.

Bob Wills also recorded it on the Tiffany Transcriptions with a vocal by Tommy Duncan. The Wills/Duncan release "Brain Cloudy Blues" is heavily influenced by "Milk Cow Blues" too.

Bob Wills Milk Cow Blues Lyrics

Well, I woke up this mornin' looked outdoor

I can tell my milk cow

I can tell by the way she lows

If you see my milk cow, please, drive her on home

'Cause I ain't had no milk and b***er

Since my cow's been gone

 

Well, you gotta treat me right day by day

Get out your little prayer book

Get down upon your knees and pray

 

'Cause you're gonna to need me

You're gonna need my help someday

Yeah, you're goin' to be sorry you treated me this way

Sail on, sail on, sail on, little girl, sail on

Sail on, sail on, sail on, little girl, sail on

You're gonna keep right on to sailin' till you lose your happy home

 

Well, good evenin', don't that sun look good goin' down?

Well, good evenin', don't that sun look good goin' down?

Don't that ol' army cot look lonesome when your lover ain't around?

Now, I tried everythin', baby, to get along with you

Now I'm goin' tell you what I'm gonna do

I'm gonna stop my cryin' and leave you alone

 

And if you don't think I'm leavin', big momma

Just count the days I'm gone 'cause ain't gonna see

Ain't gonna see my sweet face no more

 

Yeah, you gonna be wonderin', honey

Where in this world I've gone