Blind Blake - Hookworm Blues lyrics

Hookworm in your body And your food don't do you no good Hookworm in your body And your food don't do you no good Same way with a rounder come in a nice neighborhood Dirty old hookworm got into my room Dirty old hookworm got into my room Causes me to walk groan and moan Man like a hookworm got a hold to my baby Man like a hookworm got a hold to my baby He got to *point it fast* people and I don't mean maybe Never can tell what a hookworm man will do Never can tell what a hookworm man will do Take your baby and make her stop loving you I'm going to leave my baby and let her have her way I'm going to leave my baby and let her have her way She want me back some day when he throws her down Her man like a hookworm taking a hold to my babe