MUDDY WATERS - MANISH BOY

MANISH BOY

MUDDY WATERS

SONGWRITERS: BO DIDDLEY; MEL LONDON & MUDDY WATERS

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ÁLBUM: SINGLE MUDDY WATERS

LABEL: CHESS

GENRE: CHICAGO BLUES

YEAR: 1955

"mannish boy" (or "manish boy" as it was originally titled) is a blues standard by Muddy Waters. First recorded in 1955, the song is both an arrangement of and an "answer song" to Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man", which was in turn inspired by Waters' and Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man"."Mannish Boy" features a repeating stop-time figure on one chord throughout the song and is credited to Waters, Mel London, and Bo Diddley.

Everythin', everythin', everythin's gonna be alright this mornin'

Ooh yeah, whoaw

Now when I was a young boy, at the age of five

My mother said I was, gonna be the greatest man alive

But now I'm a man, way past 21

Want you to believe me baby,

I had lots of fun

I'm a man

I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn

That represents man

No B, O child, Y

That mean mannish boy

I'm a man

I'm a full grown man

I'm a man

I'm a natural born lovers man

I'm a man

I'm a rollin' stone

I'm a man

I'm a hoochie coochie man

Sittin' on the outside, just me and my mate

You know I'm made to move you honey,

come up two hours late

Wasn't that a man

I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn

That represents man

No B, O child, Y

That mean mannish boy

I'm a man

I'm a full grown man

Man

I'm a natural born lovers man

Man

I'm a rollin' stone

Man-child

I'm a hoochie coochie man

The line I shoot will never miss

When I make love to a woman,

she can't resist

I think I go down,

to old Kansas Stew

I'm gonna bring back my second cousin,

that little Johnny Cocheroo

All you little girls,

sittin'out at that line

I can make love to you woman,

in five minutes time

Ain't that a man

I spell mmm, aaa child, nnn

That represents man

No B, O child, Y

That mean mannish boy

Man

I'm a full grown man

Man

I'm a natural born lovers man

Man

I'm a rollin' stone

I'm a man-child

I'm a hoochie coochie man

well, well, well, well

hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry

Don't hurt me, don't hurt me child

don't hurt me, don't hurt, don't hurt me child

well, well, well, well

Yeah.