Win the War Blues

Win The War Blues Track 21 2: 46
Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee)
(Sonny Boy Williamson I)
Sonny Boy Williamson - vcl and hca
with Blind John Davis - piano, Ted Summitt - gtr
Armand 'Jump' Jackson - drums
Recording: Chicago, Dec 14, 1944
Album: Vol. 4 Document Records DOCD5058

Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, yeah
He want me to fly a-way up above the cloud
Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, yeah
He wants me to fly a-way up above the cloud
He wants to drop a bomb on the Japanese
I really got to make my baby proud

I wants a machine gun, yeah
And I wants to be hid out in the wood
I wants a machine gun
And I wants to be hid out in the wood

I wants to show old man Hitler
That Sonny Boy don't mean him no good

I wants to drop a big bomb, yeah
An set the Japanese city on fire
I wants to drop a bomb, um
An set the Japanese city on fire
Now because they are so rotten
That I'd just love to see them die

'Well alright!'

(harmonica & instrumental)

I've got the victory blues
Because I know I have got to go
I've got the victory blues
Because I know I have got to go
Now to keep the dirty Japanese
From slippin' in through my baby's back door.

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