Ax Sweet Mama

(Sleepy John Estes) Well, I ax sweet mama, let me be her kid She said "I might but I`d like to keep it hid" Well, she looked at me, she began to smile She says "I thought I might use you for my man awhile But just don`t let my husband catch you there I say, just don`t let my husband catch you there" Well, I went upstairs to pack my leavin` trunk I never saw no whiskey The blues made me sloppy drunk I ain`t never saw no whiskey The blues made me sloppy drunk Well, I ain`t saw no whiskey The blues made me sloppy drunk Well, some said it was beans, some said it was greens But it`s slow consumption killin` you by degrees It`s slow consumption killin` you by degrees