You know I love you.
You know it's true.
Give you all my love, babe.
What more can I do?

Walking by myself,
I hope you'll understand.
I just want to be your lovin' man.

I love ya, yes I love you
with my heart and soul.
I wouldn't mistreat you
for my weight in gold.

You know I love you.
You know it's true.
Give you all my love, babe.
What more can I do?

Walking by myself,
I hope you'll understand.
I just want to be your lovin' man.

Here we go!
Keep on walkin'!

You know I love you.
You know it's true.
I give you all my --, babe.
What more can I do?

I'm walking by myself,
I hope you'll understand.
I just want to be your lovin' man.

I said I'm walking by myself,
I hope you'll understand.
I just want to be your lovin',
I just want to be your lovin',
I just want to be your lovin' man.
That's right.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Jimmy Rogers's song, "Walking By Myself," showcase the feelings of a man who is deeply in love with his partner. The first few lines emphasize on the man's love for his partner and how he is willing to give her all his love. He wants his partner to understand that he is walking alone to clear his mind and sort his emotions. The chorus repeats the same sentiment of wanting to be his partner's loving man, and he hopes that she understands his need for some time alone.

The second verse again reiterates the man's deep love for his partner and how it comes from his heart and soul. The man assures that he would never mistreat his partner, no matter what. The song's final lines emphasize the man's desire to be with his partner while walking alone, and he hopes that his partner understands his need for some solitude. Overall, the lyrics portray a man so deeply in love that he needs some distance to sort and prioritize his feelings.

Line by Line Meaning

You know I love you.
I have strong feelings for you that are undeniable.

You know it's true.
This is a fact that I am certain of.

Give you all my love, babe.
I am willing to give you everything I have emotionally.

What more can I do?
I am at a loss for what else I can say or do to express my love.

Walking by myself,
I am alone and taking time to reflect.

I hope you'll understand.
I hope you will see my need for solitude and not take it personally.

I just want to be your lovin' man.
I want to be the person who offers you love and support.

I love ya, yes I love you
I feel a deep romantic affection for you.

with my heart and soul.
It is with all of my being that I love you.

I wouldn't mistreat you
I would never behave in a way that would harm you emotionally or physically.

for my weight in gold.
No amount of money or material possessions could make me mistreat you.

Here we go!
This is where the action begins.

Keep on walkin'!
Continue on this path of self-reflection.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: James Lane

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@SandraLykhatska

7y↑4

LYRICS:
You know I love you
You know it's true
Give you all my love, babe
What more can I do?

Walking by myself
I hope you'll understand
I just want to be your lovin' man

I love ya, yes I love you
With my heart and soul
I wouldn't mistreat you
For my weight in gold

You know I love you
You know it's true
Give you all my love, babe
What more can I do?

Walking by myself
I hope you'll understand
I just want to be your lovin' man

Here we go!
Keep on walkin'!

You know I love you
You know it's true
I give you all my , babe
What more can I do?

I'm walking by myself
I hope you'll understand
I just want to be your lovin' man

I said I'm walking by myself
I hope you'll understand
I just want to be your lovin'
I just want to be your lovin'
I just want to be your lovin' man
That's right.

All comments from YouTube:

@juanmartinrojo2676

5y↑15

More than the solo, the accompaniment of Walter Horton in this piece is freaking sublime. The way he ends the riffs on the minor 7th, so simple yet completely spot on.
This is the song I would show any harp lovers who wonder why, as often said, Big Walter had the best note selection of his times.

@Kinsale1333

2y↑4

Walter Horton, the greatest harp man of them all. RIP, master.

@2ndbar

2y↑3

That's it! Wow! That is blues that is not blue. It's upbeat. Great voice. The harp is unmatched. Love it! Thank you for making this available.

@robbk1

8y↑49

My favourite harp solo, and I've been listening to Blues since 1951.

@peterdavidson2335

must say I do agree

@tcm6756

5y↑1

Ditto. Listen a hundred times and hear something different overtime. Born in '56.

@tcm6756

5y↑1

everytime, durn spellcheck

@sellmeyoursoul6601

brutal solo

@ralfbuschner6925

5y↑6

THE definition of "chicago blues harp solo".

@BiberandDolik

32w↑1

This isnt music....this is pure magic

@TheVatonaught

7y↑6

one of those songs you hear and can't ever forget...

@tcgartland

12y↑6

One of very favorite blues tunes of all time.

@enorbet2

8y↑9

I don't like to use the word "best" in Art but I find Big Walter to have reached a pinnacle with this perfectly constructed and performed masterpiece of a heavenly harp solo.

@richardhealy8824

Thank you

@uprightdoublebass

Is groovy. The whole damn thing.

@mojoscott2

5y↑3

that harp solo is downright nasty in the best possible way.

@richardhealy8824

7y↑2

Finally Big Walter Horton harp solo from the soul, from the heart....

@bubicabubili8280

8y↑7

There was a time when the music was so good.

@tcm6756

Damn straight.

@b4jad

9y↑14

I've only. Heard this by Freddie King, who does a fabulous job, but great to hear it from the original artist! Thanks for posting.

@Scyllax

Johnny Winter

@retrorocket55

Paul Butterfield!

@junkduma

7y↑1

Totally utterly PERFECT in every way. Jeez........cannot be surpassed.

@Drewster58

1y↑1

Holy F-ing lordy, oh my that harp kills!

@ShaneOBrien

7y↑6

Big Walter indeed. I'm not using my real name here but I personally had the pleasure of playing lead guitar for the late harpman Junior Wells for a few years, touring globally , rec two albums with Wells so I really love good harp. Junior was a minimalist in his last years & I loved his style but Big Walter has always been my fave..

@ShaneOBrien

That must have been very cool playing with Jr. Wells. You must be very talented like all the musicians who performed within his bands, to this day I imagine.

@airtow6766

24w

One of the best album recorded by Chess! Jimmy Rogers was original as they come and with the backup musicians he could get how could it get any better.

@tcgartland

9y↑3

10 ten blues songs of all time.

@shabouga

4y↑7

Love how the drummer fixes the beat on the intro

@baiadigrotta

4y↑1

good ear... both he and you ;)

@sellmeyoursoul6601

shouldve started on the snare first, but thats what blues is all about, main man changing when he desires the band needs to keep up, nice to hear a drummer do it :)

@lassehoei

11y↑10

Big Walter blows the shit out of dat thing

@miroslavvecera8618

Také geniální Eržika hraje úžasné solo.

@Richothedrummer

9y↑2

Wonderful stuff ..... Get Ready Jimmy's coming

@mafiamoscoloni2332

5y↑1

Burbujas!!!!!!

@ruthdixon7807

12w

superb big walter horton harmonica solo.

@howiekarpe4564

35w

Best one I heard in week

@justbeamensch

5y↑5

Man, that solo makes a bald man's hair stand up and his socks go up and down!!!!!

@looknn

🤣🤣🤣

@peterstolper759

2y↑1

I like Little Walter among others. I love Big Walter. The bigger the better.

@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614

4y↑1

big walter !!!

@2012Shift

11y↑8

on Harp is Big Walter Horton who is considered to have produced some of the most Beautiful Harp work in the history of Blues... recorded with Sun, Chess, Ace, SunBox, Alligator and Blind Pig just to name a few!... some of his best solo work was behind Jimmie Rogers.... never a huge solo success but played with all the guitar legends... died poverty stricken, ignored by record companies and radio stations... Still considered to be one of the Best Harp players in the genere of the Blues.

@richardhealy8824

7y↑1

thank you big walter...the best!!!!

@duchess860

11y↑2

Playing the harmonica is Walter Horton. aka, Big Walter Horton, Walter "Shaky" Horton and Walter "Mumbles" Horton I found the info. on Walter Horton's Bio/Wikipedia, which led me to Jimmy Rogers.

@skye2852

2y↑1

"I love ya, yes, I love you
with my heart and soul."
dedicated to my Apri.
(you know it's true.)

@gregiteen

12y↑3

@nkocookiemonster Elga's nephew is my drummer in Blue Smoke, carrying on the family tradition!

@uprightdoublebass

So groovy

@GregParker

10y↑10

Big,influential, blues recording from the 50s. (Versions by Paul Butterfield,Savoy Brown & Gary Moore )

@mycloclo1958

10y↑3

Very good blues ! Very good feeling !! So ! So good !!

@scrappylor

10y↑3

Love this !

@metehanmutlu9187

9y↑4

+Greg Parker Don't forget Johnny Winter!

@angelbustos1797

4y↑3

And Canned Heat version

@jorgeramirezcamarena4904

@@angelbustos1797 agree with you. With Canned Heat it was the first versión i heard when i was 15 "years young" ("Buddy Guy words") in 1970. Greetings Angel.

@stoelefj

12y

cant but dig that intro.!

@ssurfcity

5y↑2

Good Rockin' Charles was supposed to be the harp player here but was scratched due to his dislike of recording studios. Shakey got the job.

@SandraLykhatska

7y↑4

@ssurfcity

Dankeschon.

@nankayutaro

@mafiamoscoloni2332

5y↑1

💓

@francozambelli5347

33w

Certamente questi brani li conosce bene John Mayall. C'è molto dei due album jazz blues fusion e movin' on ... Notevole.

@DonDeering

8y↑1

This is sheer beauty! Thank you! If anyone would please identify the people in the photo with Muddy Waters, starts around 1:16, they're welcome to take the money I left with this message. Thank you!

@seanmackmcdonald6120

7y↑3

Don Deering Muddy Waters, Otis Spann (at piano), Henry Armstrong (above Spann), Henry "Pot" Strong (harmonica), Elga "Elgin" Diamond (drums), Jimmy Rogers

@DonDeering

Sean McDonald Thank you!

@lukeleavitt6067

4y↑4

Great song! Does anyone know of others blues with this form, or similar? I7 - I7 - I7 - I7 - IV7 - V7 - I7 - V7 Many thanks in advance long live the blues!

@elshowdevito4869

this is not what you expected but i hope you find it interesting! https://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychords/8-barblues.html

@musicofanatic

3y↑1

It's an eight-bar blues, and there are many variations. Get hip, lame-o blues bands: Every damn song needn't be another damn 12 bar form!!

@stephenpolzella5023

Just saw Dylan cover this in Orlando last night

@mafiamoscoloni2332

🗣✨✨🎉✨🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼✨

@whiteroses14100

9y↑3

As Paul McCaffrey 1 year ago, this is so sublime (my words) and so much better than Gary Moore's aggressive and overwrought version. My favourite blues song ever.

@SteveCounsel

9y↑6

The great Walter Horton on Harp

@SteveCounsel

9y↑1

yep the story goes Little Walter was supposed to do the session but was indisposed. So Horton got the call and proved a point.

@mikehamby1926

8y↑1

+Secretagent Guitar wonder why Little Walter's name is on the album cover. I can tell it is more like Horton's style than Jacobs.

@SteveCounsel

can't answer that but I know that it is Walter Horton and not Little Walter on Walking by myself.

@bassmangotdbluz

8y↑1

I don't doubt you for a minute as I don't ever remember seeing those liner notes or even the lp jacket as somebody probably gave it to me on a cassette back in the 70's but I have always thought that to be Little Walter Jacobs on Harp. I even thought he re-released it as a Little Walter tune later but I can't find it anywhere when I search online ... the effect of time and space on an old head, lol.

@bassmangotdbluz

8y↑1

... and you're right. When I stylistically compare other recordings of both players it's clear that's Shakey Horton.

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@robcourtney6154

3y↑1

Great stuff, Gary Moore’s version is better though.

@rawbluessouthitaly7423

9y↑1

OMG how long...

@davejackson88

That's why

@SaphirSouenEstherG

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@lesforgue5756

The drums on the title track walking by myself, those drums 💓, sounds like Fred Below . Any body know which drummers listed for the album are on which tracks?.

@billcauble3694

11y

. Was that Little Walter? so who is playing on the version on His Best compilation album? I don't think that was LW. but I have been wrong before

@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614

4y↑1

it was big walter

@geohardt2360

That's Muddy Waters on the left. McKinley Morganfield

@ronin9791

yo dis song bumpin fo real😤🐍🌊🤮

@paulherring2434

8y↑1

Super harp here. Says LW but sounds different to him. Is it Big Walter?

@richardhealy8824

7y↑1

yes!

@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614

7y↑1

good rockin charles was supposed to the harp player on this recording. the story goes that charles aka henry lee bester was either too nervous or too drunk to play so they found big walter shooting dice somewhere and got him at the last minute ! not sure if he even had time to practice....

@Will-Max

4y↑1

@@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614 He wouldn't need time to practice!

@MLMenjoyer

@@bluesdoggmusicrediker4614 actually big Walter was working construction at the time. They went and got him “off the ladder” supposedly he was still in his paint splattered coveralls. A romantic little image