MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - PAY DAY

PAY DAY

MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT

SONGWRITER: JOHN SMITH HURT

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: TODAY

LABEL: VANGUARD RECORDS

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1963

Today! is the second studio album, but third body of work recorded by folk/country blues musician Mississippi John Hurt. It was released in 1966 by Vanguard Records. This album contains some of the first commercial material recorded after his "rediscovery" in 1963, and is the first he recorded for Vanguard. The album spans several genres and styles of music, ranging from traditional blues and folk songs, to country, to African-American spirituals. Along with Hurt's two previous releases, Today! helped to reveal his work to a wider folk audience. In 2009, the album was one of the twenty-five selections that were added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

Yeah, I did all I can do, and I can't get along with you

I'm gonna take you to your mama, pay day

Pay day, pay Day

Well, the rabbit in a log, I ain't got no rabbit dog

And I hate to see that rabbit get away

Get away

Baby, did all I can do, and I can't get along with you

I'm gonna take you to your mama, pay day

Just about a week ago,

I'm gonna keep my skillet greasy if I can

If I can, if I can

(spoken: You know what happened to me)

Well, the hounds is on my track, and the knapsack on my back

I'm gonna make it to my shanty 'fore day

'Fore day, 'for day

Baby, I did all I could do, an' I

I'm gonna take you to your mama, pay day

Well, and I ain't got no rabbit dog

Lord, I hate to see that rabbit get away

Get away

Baby, did all I can do, and I can't get along with you

I'm goin'