Here's my transcription of Mary Johnson's "Black Gal Blues." On this take, Johnson is accompanied by Henry Brown on piano; song recorded on August 24, 1934, in Chicago.
"Black Gal Blues" by Mary Johnson
Black gal, black gal
How come you talk about poor me so?
The more you talk about me
The more your man hangs around my door.
Now if you can’t hold your man
Don’t call me no so and so.
If your lovin’ won’t hold him
Why don’t you let him go?
If your lovin’ won’t hold him
Why don’t you let him go?
Well don’t blame me
If I got Mr. so and so.
If you don’t like my peaches
Please don’t you shake my tree.
If you don’t like my peaches
Please don’t shake my tree.
I don’t ask your man for his money
He brings it on home to me.
Black gal, black gal
What makes your nappy head so hard?
Black gal, black gal
What make your nappy head so hard?
The more you talk about me
Your man stays in my back yard.
Black gal, black gal
How come you talk about poor me so?
The more you talk about me
The more your man hangs around my door.
Now if you can’t hold your man
Don’t call me no so and so.
http://www.we7.com/song/Mary-Johnson/Black-Gal-Blues?m=0
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