Tuba Skinny- Wee Midnight Hours, 8/30/24, Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival

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Blind Willie McTell and Curley Weaver

Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. His first recording was in 1927. He never produced a major hit record, but he had a prolific recording career with different labels and under different names in the 1920s and 1930s. He was active through the 1940s and 1950s, playing on the streets of Atlanta, often with his longtime associate Curley Weaver.

Original recording- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRn3u02Ksr0

Lyrics of Wee Midnight Hours by Blind Willie McTell
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It was in the wee-wee midnight hours, long about the break of day, of day, of day
It was in the wee midnight hours, long about the break of day, of day, of day
Say it's when the blues creep down on you, and carry your mind away, away, away
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Have your mind been a-rambling back to the days of long ago, ago, ago?
Have your mind been a-rambling back in the days of long ago, ago, ago?
Back to the one that you love, but you don't see them anymore, no more, no more
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Ah, blues why do you worry, why do you stay with me so long, so long, so long?
Oh, blues why do you worry, why do you stay with me so long, so long, so long?
You came to me yesterday and stay with me all night long, so long, so long
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I went down to the graveyard fell down on my knees, my bended knees
I went down to the graveyard fell down on my knees, my knees, my knees
I asked the Good Lord above give me back my rider please, Lord have mercy on me