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Keri Leigh - Here's Your Mop Mr. Johnson (Unplugged)

"Here's Your Mop, Mr. Johnson" by Malaco recording artist Keri Leigh. From the 1995 album "Arrival," recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound, AL. W.C. Handy Blues Foundation nominee for "Song of the Year," 1996. Keri Leigh and Blue Devils guitarist Mark Lyon performed the song in Memphis, TN at the annual blues awards ceremonies (the blues Grammys), where Keri was also nominated for "Best Contemporary Female Vocalist." This song was written about delta blues legend Robert Johnson; Keri describes it as "a speculation on what might have happened had Robert Johnson lived to a ripe old age." The lyrics also pay homage' to Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, Bluebird Records, H.C. Speir, Texas Alexander, Blind Blake, and Ruth Brown (who worked for several years as a cleaning lady when blues wasn't paying the bills.) "Here's Your Mop, Mr. Johnson" Writers: Keri Leigh, Mark Lyon, Thomas Anderson. Lyrics: Here's your mop, Mr. Johnson Here's your bucket, Mrs. Brown How time has trampled the carpet So bend those old knees and get down The Bluebird flew off in the 40s And Henry Speir is dead in the ground The levee camp is gone And the minstrel show has moved on And the gin joints have all burned down Well Blind Lemon he was killed in a blizzard Sweet Bessie was found dead in the road Texas and Blake Disappeared with no trace And you'll collapse under your load The uniform is over there in the closet You'll need it when the weather gets cold You could play on the street Or you could die on your feet Or you can come in here And do what you're told So here's your mop, Mr. Johnson Here's your bucket Mrs. Brown How time has trampled the carpet So bend those old knees and get down Spoken: "It's a mean old world when a man can't have a cigarette...on a postage stamp." The spoken line at the end of the song refers to the cigarette that was airbrushed out of a historic photo of Robert Johnson when the U.S. Postal Service issued the Robert Johnson postage stamp. Keri recorded this song as a protest to what she called "political correctness run amok." Video copyright: David Sukovaty. All rights reserved. SukovatyImages.com