este é um azul clássico, gravado pela primeira vez em 1935 por big joe williams.
alguns outros (john lee hooker, big bill broonzy, pink anderson) registraram as suas versões,
mas a do texano sam john hopkins é para mim a melhor (ainda que siga uma letra sua).
como acontece com quase todos os bons azuis, muitos nomes do mundo pop/rock
deram-nos as suas covers, estou a lembrar-me de van morrison (com os them), bob dylan,
os doors, os ac/dc, os aerosmith, sei lá quantos…




Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go Down to new orleans
You know I love you so Baby please don't go

Baby, your mind done gone Well, your mind done gone
Well, your mind done gone Left the county farm
You had the shackles on Baby, please don't go

Before I be your dog Before I be your dog
Before I be your dog To git you way down here
I make you walk alone Baby, please don't go

Baby, please don't go Baby, please don't go
Baby, please don't go Down to new orleans
You know I love you so Baby, please don't go

sam john hopkins confessou que sentiu os azuis dentro de si aos oito anos de idade, 
depois de ter ouvido tocar blind lemon jefferson. não sei se era ciumento, 
mas este é um dos azuis mais violentos de sempre...



Oh, go bring me my shotgun
I got start shooting again
Oh, go bring me my shotgun
you know i just got to start shooting again
You know, I'm gonna shoot my woman
Cause she's fooling around with too many men

Yes, I said, go bring me my shotgun
Oh, bring me back some shells
Yes, I said, go bring me my shotgun
Oh, bring me back a pocket full of shells
Yes, if I don't get some competition
You know there's gonna be trouble here

Yes, you know my woman tried to quit me
When I ain't done nothin' wrong
She done put me out of doors
But I even ain't got no home as it goes
Bring me my shotgun
Oh Lord and a pocket full of shells
Yes, if I don't get some competition
You know there's gotta be trouble here

Yes, you know that my momma told me
The day that I left the door
She said "I ain't gonna have bad luck son
And I don't care where you go"
Just bring me my shotgun
Boy you can bring just one or two shells
Yes, if I don't get some competition
You know there's gotta be trouble here

Well I cried "bye-bye baby
You know you done me wrong"
I'm gonna take my little shotgun now
And I'm gonna carry it back home
I said one in the morning'
I'm gonna carry my shotgun home
Yes, I figure the best thing I can do
Why did I leave that woman alone