Well, I thought I had heard that K C when she moan
Thought I heard that K C when she moan
Thought I heard that K C when she moan
Well, she sound like she got a heavy load

Yes and when I get back on the K C road
When I get back on the K C road
When I get back on the K C road
Gonna love my woman like I never loved before

Well I thought I heard that K C whistle moan
Well I thought I heard that K C whistle moan
Well I thought I heard that K C whistle moan
Well she blow like my woman's on board

When I get back on that K C road
When I get back on that K C road
When I get back on that K C road
Gonna love my baby like I never loved before

Overall Meaning

The Memphis Jug Band's song "K.C. Moan" is a blues tune that is about a man who is longing to be with his woman who resides in Kansas City. The song starts off with the man thinking that he can hear his woman moaning in Kansas City but realizes it's just his imagination. He vividly imagines her moan and believes it sounds like she's carrying a heavy load. The man yearns to return to Kansas City so that he can love his woman like he never loved before.

As the song progresses, the man hears a whistle that he believes is coming from Kansas City. He imagines it's his woman blowing the whistle as if to signal to him that she's expecting him to come back to her. The man decides that he's going to return to Kansas City so that he can cherish his woman like never before. The song is a passionate plea from a man who is deeply in love with his woman and is impatiently waiting to be reunited with her.

Overall, "K.C. Moan" is a classic blues tune that perfectly captures the desperation and longing that many people feel when they're separated from the ones they love. The simple instrumentation, consisting of a guitar and a harmonica, amplifies the raw emotions that are conveyed in the lyrics.

Line by Line Meaning

Well, I thought I had heard that K C when she moan
The singer believes they heard a woman from Kansas City moaning

Thought I heard that K C when she moan
The singer continues to believe they heard a woman from Kansas City moaning

Well, she sound like she got a heavy load
The woman from Kansas City sounds like she is carrying a lot of weight or burden

Yes and when I get back on the K C road
The artist plans to return to Kansas City

When I get back on the K C road
The artist reiterates their plan to return to Kansas City

Gona love my woman like I never loved before
The singer plans to show their love to their woman like never before

Well I thought I heard that K C whistle moan
The singer thinks they heard a whistle coming from Kansas City

Well she blow like my woman's on board
The whistle sounds like the woman is on the train

When I get back on that K C road
The artist repeats their previous plan to return to Kansas City

Gonna love my baby like I never loved before
The artist plans to show their love to their significant other like never before

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@thebrazilianatlantis165

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This folk song was apparently around by about 1904, judging from the independent recollections of Elbert Bowman of Tennessee and John Lowry Goree of Alabama. Songs similar to this and "Poor Boy Long Ways From Home" (which Emmet Kennedy of Louisiana recalled hearing before about 1905 and Gus Cannon of Mississippi heard about the same time) and "Got No More Home Than A Dog" (which W.C. Handy recalled hearing in Indiana before 1900 and recorded himself on vocal and guitar in 1938) were already around about then -- before we have any evidence that it became fashionable to mention having the quote "blues" in black folk songs, in about 1905 or 1906. None of the Southern black folk song lyrics Charles Peabody published in 1903, or the Southern black folk song lyrics Anne Hobson published in 1904, or the Southern black folk song lyrics the Thomas brothers recalled as being from before about 1909, or the Southern black folk song lyrics E.C. Perrow published that were from before 1909 (this all adds up to a large number of total black folk songs) had the word "blues" in them, but Howard Odum encountered blues songs with the word "blues" in them by 1908, and Antonio Maggio encountered a black guitarist on a levee who had a 12-bar piece the guitarist called "I Got The Blues" in 1907.