Bessie

Bessie
from the Earwig Music CD by Les Copeland – To Be In Your Company
lyrics, music and arrangement by Les Copeland

You're walking down the railroad track
guitar slung across your back
You're a young man, on a starlit night

Your pull down hat, your polished shoes
the cotton field, and the sounds of blues
keeps you movin' on, to another town

CHORUS
Bessie my baby, Bessie my love
some day in the future, when I carry you,
I'll whisk you away, I'm gonna steal you girl

I'll hold you in my arms, I'll hold you well
I'll never let you hurt, I'll fight the hounds of hell
fight the hounds of hell baby, just to keep you
forever my Bessie, ever my Bessie

You ramble around from town to town
ain't nobody gonna keep you down
You're a hard young pup
You've learned your lessons well

In your heart and in your mind
you know that somewhere down the line
you're gonna find your little beauty queen
your little love machine

CHORUS
Bessie my baby, Bessie my love
someday in the future when I carry you
I'm gonna whisk you away
I'm gonna steal you girl
hold you in my arms, hold you well
never let you hurt, I'll fight the hounds of hell
just to keep you forever my Bessie

Um um my my beautiful Bessie

First time I met Bessie, young girl saved my life
jealous boyfriend tried to kill me with his knife
we disappeared into the Southern night

We had so much we started a family
our little baby wound up in tragedy
and it took awhile for to see Bessie smile

CHORUS
Bessie my baby, Bessie my love
someday in the future when I carry you
I'm gonna whisk you away Baby
I'm gonna steal you girl
I'll hold you in my arms, hold you well
never let you hurt, I'll fight the hounds of hell
just to keep you forever my Bessie

My Bessie, um um um um um um um ah ah ah ah my little Bessie

He's an old man and Bessie's long gone
He still plays the blues and keeps ramblin' on
to another place, to another face

The old man walks from his bed to the hall
kisses Bessie's pretty little picture on the wall
then he goes to bed, carries Bessie again

CHORUS
Bessie my baby, Bessie my love
someday in the future when I carry you
I'm gonna whisk you away
I'm gonna steal you girl
I'll hold you in my arms, hold you well
never let you hurt, I'll fight the hounds of hell
just to keep ya forever my Bessie















Bessie
from the Earwig Music CD by Les Copeland – To Be In Your Company
lyrics, music and arrangement by Les Copeland

copyright by Les Copeland/Earwig Music Company, Inc. 2014