Leadbelly

Take a Whiff On Me

Leadbelly


Walked up Ellum and I come down Main 
Tryin' to bum a nickle, just to buy cocaine 
Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. 

(Cho): 
Take a whiff on me, take a whiff on me 
And everybody, take a whiff on me. 
Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. 

Went to Mr. Lehman's on a lope 
Sign in the window said: "No more coke". 
Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. 

(Cho): 

Goin' up State Street, comin' down Main 
Lookin' for the woman that uses cocaine. 
Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. 

(Cho): 

I'se got a nickle, you'se got a dime... 
You buy the coke and I'll buy the wine. 
Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. 

(Cho): 

The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice 
Takes a brown-skinned woman, for my particular use. 
Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. 

(Cho): 

Cocaine's for horses and not for men 
Doctors sat t'will kill you but they don't say when. 
Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me. 

(Cho): 

Whiff-a-ree and whiff-a-rye 
Gonna keep on a whiffin' boys, 'till I die. 
Ho, ho, honey take a whiff on me.