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Mississippi John Hurt — Nobody's Business But Mine
Album: Complete Studio Recordings
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Released: 1963
Length: 3:43
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(Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but my own
Sometimes my baby gets boozy, then again she tries to rule me,
nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but my own
(spoken: That's all right, just let her rule me)
Say, baby, did you get that letter?
"If you take me back I'll treat you better"
Nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treats me,
nobody's business but my own
I'm going back to Pensacola, gonna buy my baby a muller
Nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but my own
Nobody's
Nobody's business but mine
Nobody's dirty business how my baby treat me,
nobody's business but my own
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 cc_rider wrote:

From Wiki: 
It was published in 1922 by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins.

One of the original blues standards...
c.



Definitely *not* the same song. Compare, for example, Bessie Smith's "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" to MJH's "Nobody's Business But My Own" (esp. the version from the 1928 sessions, much darker than the version played on RP).
Posted 3 months ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
next up: Son House - Grinnin' in your face.... perhaps?

How marvelous the radiostation that sees fit to play these gems

THANK YOU RP
Posted 4 months ago by Exebeche    [ Reply ]
 phlattop wrote:

just remembered this skit from Kids in the Hall. Kathy with a K and Mississisipppi Gary: https://youtu.be/ZN3oLwpEwus



Meeeeeean mistreater!

I've always loved Kids in the Hall, and Mississippi Gary is a funny character, but there's something about that sketch that didn't age so well.
Posted 1 year ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
   Ahhh.   
Posted 1 year ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
just remembered this skit from Kids in the Hall. Kathy with a K and Mississisipppi Gary: https://youtu.be/ZN3oLwpEwus
Posted 1 year ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
 virwill7 wrote:

Pretty cool. Did the same sort of thing about 15 years ago during a visit to Memphis. Crossed the river into Arkansas and found Albert Kind's grave in a field full of them. He had a marker that was as long as he was tall. 


Albert King?
Posted 2 years ago by rbrise    [ Reply ]
Metronomes are calibrated using John's thumb as a reference
Posted 2 years ago by ecojot    [ Reply ]
Candy is dandy,
But liquor is quicker. 
You can drink all the liquor,
Down in Costa Ricor.

Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 riachuelo wrote:
One of the funnest trips I ever took was to find MJH's grave outside Greenwood in the arly 90s. Grave up in the woods on a bluff at the very edge of the Delta. In the middle of nowhere, but somehow we found it. I believe at this point someone, finally, put a marker there or nearby.
 
Pretty cool. Did the same sort of thing about 15 years ago during a visit to Memphis. Crossed the river into Arkansas and found Albert Kind's grave in a field full of them. He had a marker that was as long as he was tall. 
Posted 3 years ago by virwill7    [ Reply ]
One of the great, great blues artists.
Posted 3 years ago by virwill7    [ Reply ]
One of the funnest trips I ever took was to find MJH's grave outside Greenwood in the arly 90s. Grave up in the woods on a bluff at the very edge of the Delta. In the middle of nowhere, but somehow we found it. I believe at this point someone, finally, put a marker there or nearby.
Posted 4 years ago by riachuelo    [ Reply ]
puts a grin on my face....
Posted 4 years ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
He was such a good guitar player.
Posted 4 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
My mother would play this song on her guitar when I was a child, nothing reminds me more of home than hearing this song.
Posted 4 years ago by ksua    [ Reply ]
From Wiki: 
It was published in 1922 by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins.

One of the original blues standards...
c.
Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Nice enough, but Taj's version just seems to fit better.
Posted 5 years ago by islander    [ Reply ]
Hey, just a crazy question: did Mississippi John Hurt ever meet the actor John Hurt? 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
hearing John Prine too
Posted 5 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Very great song ! Could anybody (R or B) put the lyrics online ?
Posted 5 years ago by francesco_insyde    [ Reply ]
This is really nice
Posted 5 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]


Taj Mahal does a nice cover of this.

Candy is dandy,
But liquor is quicker.
You can drink all  the liquor,
Down in Costa Riquor.

Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
That's pure Americana. And great picking. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]