Bukka White

High Fever Blues
I'm taken down with the fever, and it won't let me sleepI'm taken down with the fever, and it won't let me sleepIt was about three o'clock, before he would let me beI wish somebody, would come and drive my fever awayI wish somebody, come and drive my fever awayThis fever I'm havin', sho' weaves in my wayThe fever I'm havin', sho' is hard on a manThe fever I'm havin', sho' is hard on a manThey don't allow my lover, come and shake my handI wonder what's the matter with the fever, sho' is hard on a manI want to know what's the matter, how come this fever hard on a manDoctor said "ain't the fever, that's your lover has another man"Doctor get your fever gauge, and put it under my tongueDoctor get your fever gauge, and put it under my tongueDoctor says "all you need, your lover in your arms"I wants my lover, come and drive my fever awayI wants my lover, come and drive my fever awayDoctor says she'll do me more good in a day, than he would in all of his days From Letras Mania