Charley Patton - Banty Rooster Blues lyrics

I'm gonna buy me a banty, put him at my backdoor I'm gonna buy me a banty, put him at my backdoor So when he see a stranger a-comin', he'll flap his wings and crow What you want with a rooster, he won't crow 'fore day? What you want with a rooster, he won't crow 'fore day? What you want with a man, when he won't do nothin' he say? What you want with a hen won't, cackle when she lays? What you want with a hen won't, cackle when she lays? What you want with a woman, when she won't do nothin' I say? Ah, take my picture, hang it up in Jackson wall1 Ah, take my picture, hang it up in Jackson wall Anybody asks you "What about it", tell 'em "That's all I saw" My hook's in the water, and my cork's on top My hook's in the water, and my cork's on top How can I lose, Lord, with the help I got I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark I can tell my rider, if I feel her in the dark