Precious Bryant - "Black Rat Swing"

This upbeat song was written by Minnie McCoy (known as Memphis Minnie), a Louisiana blues singer and guitarist who recorded for Columbia after 1929.

Black Rat Swing
From Little Son Joe and Memphis Minnie
Key C

Chorus:
Yes, you is one black Rat
Someday Ill find your trail
Yes, you is one black Rat
Someday Ill find your trail
Then Ill hide my shoe,
Somewhere near your shirt tail

Yes, Ive taken you down town
Paid your doctor bills
Now Im in a little trouble
And youre trying to get me killed

Chorus


Says, he sneaked in my kitchen
Eat up all the bread
Soon as I left home
Start to cutting up in my bed

Chorus
Yes, he is one black Rat
Someday Ill find his trail
Yes, he is one black Rat
Someday Ill find his trail
Then Ill hide my shoe,
Somewhere near his shirt tail

Break, Yea beat it out

He must ?dance in the basement
Was seen in my bedroom
?Trapping for the youngsters
Im gonna catch him someday soon

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• son
• joe
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• keys
• house
• junior
• kimbrough
• precious
• bryant
• terminus
• memphis
• minnie
• blues
• georgia
• louisiana
• zydeco
• south
• southern

[awestgaard1]

Good lady. I like Big Mama Thornton's version, too.

[jabberson1]

Precious Bryant rules!