Luther with the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
Luther Dickinson: Tate County was recorded when the concept was still pure.
Coal Black Mattie
Coal Black Mattie got no change of clothes, fool got drunk, and her clothes outdoors
Coal Black Mattie, ain’t got a change o’ clothes
Girl got drunk, throwed her trunk outdoors
Goin' to Memphis, see the World's Fair, reason I'm goin' cause my baby’s there
Goin' to Memphis, see that worldly fair
‘deed I’m goin’ cause my baby’s there.
Need no heater fireplace by my bed, woman I got cherry red
Need no heat or fireplace by my bed, girl I got keeps me cherry red
Snake Drive
Man, don’t you let my baby ride
Love is the devil but it won’t get me
(contains the most ultimate modulation in NMA history)
Brooks Run to the Ocean
Well now brooks run to the ocean
You know rivers run to the sea
As I run into my baby child somebody have to bury me that’s alright
Every now and then I wonder, oo-ooh lovin’ you tonight
Well now gonna buy me a bulldog
Shimmy She Wobble
Instrumental
I’m In Jail
Used To Be
Let Me In
Crazy ‘bout You
Well (well) looky here baby
Look at what you have done
Mmm (mmm) looky here baby
Look at what you have done
Well you got me lovin' ya
And you know your man done gone
Well (well) minutes seem like hours
You know hours seem like days
Mmm (mmm) minutes seem like hours
You know hours seem like days
I looked at my baby
Looked her straight in the face
I'm crazy 'bout you baby
I'm crazy 'bout you babe
I'm crazy 'bout you (I’m crazy)
Bird Without A Feather
Just like a bird without a feather
You know I’m lost without your love
I need your love like the angels need heaven above
I spent time in the jailhouse baby
With my face turned to the wall
Yeah a long time in the jail baby
With my face turned to the wall
All I can hear with my baby gone
It’s true I shot my baby
I did it because she did me wrong
Yeah it’s true I shot my baby
I did it because she did me wrong
You know the judge called it murder
Now xxxxxxxxxx in my home
World Boogie
Instrumental
Glory
Glory glory hallelujah
When I lay my burden down
Whatcha gonna do when the worlds on fire
When I lay my burden down
I’m goin home to live with Jesus
When I lay my burden down
All my troubles will be over
When I lay my burden down
Every higher and higher
When I lay by burden down
Glory glory hallelujah
When I lay my burden down
(alternate lyrics:
No more cryin’, no more cryin’
no more sickness, no more sorrow
They’ll be glory hallelujah
When I lay my burden down)