Mr.Tyree

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MR.TYREE Tyree Mister Tyree Please get my pardon to go (Take?) me out of Bellwood Lord I won’t return no more Mr Tyree Please get my pardon to go If you let me out of Bellwood I won’t return no more. --- (Spoken aside: Good lord I won’t) Early this morning Just about the break of day Tyree give (me?) a pick and shovel Just to pass my time away T-T-Tyree Please give me my pardon to go If you let me out of Bellwood I won’t return no more. ----- Tyree Tyree Don’t work my woman so hard Tyree Tyree Don’t work my woman so hard Says? she’s nothing but a piano player Swear to god she never had a job. ---- Early this morning About the break of day Take my wife lord And carry it on away ‘Cause (there?) (Mr?) Tyree Please don’t be so mean Lord you the worst ol’ prison guard Worst that I’ve ever seen. (Guitar music and brief, inaudible comment) Now I do it don’t do it Don’t? be so hard I’m nothing but a --?-- I never had no (boogin’?) job Mr Tyree Please give me my pardon to go Now if you just let me out of Bellwood I won’t return no more. -------- (Long guitar passage, with several variations) -------- Early one morning Momma the blues kept falling down (???) baby And they stay with me all night long T- Tyree, Please give me my pardon to go And now if you let me out of Bellwood I won’t return no more.	Mr. Tyree Tyree*, Mr Tyree, please give me my pardon to go Aint got a damn whip, but I want this sight no mo Mr Tyree, please give me my pardon to go If you let me out of Bellwoods** I won’t return no mo. Early this morning, just about the break of day Tyree gives me a pick and shovel, had to pass my time away Mr Tyree, please give me my pardon to go If you let me out of Bellwoods I won’t return no mo Tyree, Tyree, don’t whip my woman so hard Tyree, Tyree, don’t whip my woman so hard And she’s nothing but a piano player Plays like she never had a job Early this morning, bout the break of day Take my wife, Lord, and carried on her way Cause it was Tyree, please don’t be so mean Lord you’re the worst old prison guard Worst that I’ve ever seen Said nice judge, oh jury, don’t be so hard I’m nothing but a true man, never had no cookie jar Mr Tyree, please give me my pardon to go Now if you just let me out of Bellwoods I won’t return no mo Early one morning, when the blues kept moanin down Saved me baby, and stayed with me all night long Mr Tyree, please give me my pardon to go And I did that be out of Bellwoods I won’t return no mo
	* Tyree : Lawrence Gellert recounted, “Tyree” meant “tyrant” to his African American informants. ** Bellwoods :si tratta probabilmente di Bellewood (ndr). Wikipedia : Bellewood is an unincorporated community located in Humphreys County, Mississippi.