Bukka White - Strange Place Blues lyrics

Strange Place Blues 2:51 Trk 11 Bukka White (Booker T. Washington White) Bukka White - vocal & guitar with Washboard Sam (Robert Brown) - wshbrd. Recorded: March 7th & 8th 1940 Chicago, Illinois Album: Parchman Farm Blues, Roots RTS 33055 Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com I was a stranger at this place And I'm lookin' for my mother's grave I'm in a stranger place And I'm lookin' for my mother's grave Well, it seems like to me Hoo-hoo-well, some almost go to wail I was at mother's grave When they put my mother 'way I was at mother's grave When they put my mother 'way And I can't find no one Hoo-hoo-well, to take her place I thought aft' my mother was put away I thought my wife would take her place After Mama was put away I thought my wife would take her place I show you different in mother an wife Hoo-hoo-well, my wife done throwed me away I wished I could find someone To take my mother's place I wished I could find someone To take my mother's place If I can't find no one Hoo-hoo, well you will find me at her grave I'm standin' on my mother's grave And I wished I could seen her face I'm standin' on my mother's grave And I wished I could seen her face I be glad when that day comes Hoo-hoo, well, when it be due die me away. (guitar & washboard)