The Hump Night Thumpers

Songs

It can be hard to figure out the lyrics to old blues songs, so we're posting all the lead sheets we've written up, as a public service and a thank you to all who have posted their own transcriptions on the Internet. These lead sheets don't always match the original recordings and don't even always match what we play … but they should send you in the right direction.

Note: Italics in the lyrics means we're guessing (except for when it means a background vocal part). If you have suggestions for these missing pieces, please contact us!

Title	Artist (cover artist)
Ain't It Crazy	Birmingham Jug Band (Lightnin' Hopkins, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions)
Beedle Um Bum	The Hokum Boys (Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band)
Blues Everywhere	Casey Bill Weldon (Memphis Minnie)
Blues in the Bottle	Prince Albert Hunt (Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band)
Bootlegger's Blues	Mississippi Sheiks
Bottle of Wine	Tom Paxton
Candy Man	Mississippi John Hurt
Casey Bill	Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
Cave Man Blues	Memphis Jug Band
Charlie Brown	The Coasters
Chevrolet	Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band
Cindy	Traditional
Cock O' the Walk	Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Coffee's Cold	Abigail Washburn
Cold Iron Bed	Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band
Come Along Little Children	Memhpis Jug Band
Coney Island Washboard Roundelay	Durand, Adams, Nestor, Shugart (Juggernaut Jug Band)
Cumberland Gap	Traditional (Lonnie Donegan)
Diddie Wa Diddie	Blind Blake
Don't Stop	John Sebastian and the J-Band
Dora Goes to Town	Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green	Memphis Jug Band
Fishin' In the Dark	Memphis Jug Band
Fourth Street Mess Around	Memphis Jug Band
Gin Guzzlin' Frenzy	Mojo Nixon
Glad and Sorry Blues	John Harris
Going Back to Memphis	Memphis Jug Band
Going to Germany	Cannon's Jug Stompers
Got a Letter from My Darling	Memphis Jug Band
Has My Gal Been By Here	Washboard Sam (Devil in a Woodpile)
He's in the Jailhouse Now	Memphis Jug Band
I'm Satisfied	Mississippi John Hurt
I Need a Little Sugar In My Bowl	Bessie Smith (Asylum Street Spankers)
Insane Crazy Blues	Memphis Jug Band
It Won't Act Right	Memphis Jug Band
Jug Band Music	Memphis Jug Band
K. C. Moan	Memphis Jug Band
Last Chance Blues	Cannon's Jug Stompers
Let Us Get Together Right Down Here	Reverend Gary Davis
Little Green Slippers	Memphis Jug Band
Low Down Blues	Whistler's Jug Band
Maggie May	Traditional (Lonnie Donegan)
Midnight Special	Leadbelly (Van Morrison)
Mistreated Mama	Dock Boggs (Geoff Muldaur)
Mobile Line	Hull/Reed (Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band)
My Gal	Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band
On the Road Again	Memphis Jug Band (Even Dozen Jug Band)
Overseas Stomp	Memphis Jug Band (Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band)
Peaches In the Springtime	Memphis Jug Band
Please Don't Stop Him	Memphis Minnie
Prison Wall Blues	Cannon's Jug Stompers
Rag Mama	Blind Boy Fuller (Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band)
Richland Woman Blues	Mississippi John Hurt
Rock Island Line	Leadbelly (Lonnie Donegan)
Sadie Green, the Vamp of New Orleans	The Five Harmaniacs (Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band)
Salty Dog	Gus Cannon
Save Me Some	Jed Davenport and his Beale Street Jug Band
Shake It and Break It	Charley Patton
Sitting On Top of the World	Mississippi Sheiks
So Sweet	Blind Boy Fuller (Devil in a Woodpile)
Stealin' Stealin'	Memphis Jug Band
Sun Brimmer's Blues	Memphis Jug Band
Tear It Down	King David's Jug Band
Tiger Rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
Try and Treat Her Right	Clifford Hayes and the Dixieland Jug Blowers
Ukulele Lady	Whiting/Kahn (Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band)
Viola Lee Blues	Cannon's Jug Stompers
Walk Right In	Cannon's Jug Stompers
What a Wonderful World	Weiss/Theile (Louis Armstrong)
What's That Tastes Like Gravy	King David's Jug Band
What's the Matter	Memphis Jug Band
Whitewash Station Blues	Memphis Jug Band
Wild About My Loving	Jim Jackson (Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band)
You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back	Memphis Jug Band
You Ought to Move Out of Town	Jed Davenport and his Beale Street Jug Band
From Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas:
Ain't No Hole in the Washtub	Emmett and Alice Otter
Barbeque	Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jug Band
Brothers	Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jug Band
Riverbottom Nightmare Band	Nightmare