Blind Joe Reynolds was discovered in the late '20s by Memphis record store owner H.C. Spier, who recommended Reynolds to Paramount (as he had Charley Patton). In November 1929, under the name Blind Joe Reynolds, he made two records, "Outside Woman Blues"/"Nehi Blues" (issued as Paramount 12927) and "Cold Woman Blues" b/w "99 Blues" (issued as Paramount 12983). Reynolds was one of the last "new" blues singers that Paramount took on and they didn't ask for him back. Nonetheless, Reynolds made another pair of records when the Victor truck stopped in Memphis a year later. On November 26, 1930, under the name Blind Willie Reynolds, he recorded "Married Man Blues" and "Third Street Woman Blues" (issued as Victor 23258). Two other titles made on this occasion, "Short Dress Blues" and "Goose Hill Woman Blues" were not issued by Victor and test copies have yet to be found. For some time, this was further complicated by the fact that no copies of Paramount 12983, though issued, seemed to be extant. These 1929 to 1930 records were the only ones made by Blind Joe Reynolds.
Afterward, Reynolds disappeared into history, but his legend and its many attendant anecdotes are recorded in Gayle Dean Wardlow's 1998 book Chasin' That Devil Music. In 1967, the English band Cream recorded "Outside Woman Blues" on the album Disraeli Gears; no doubt they would've been floored to learn that the song's original composer was not only still alive, but at that time still performing as a street musician in the American South. But Blind Joe Reynolds would die less than a year later, narrowly eluding the attention of blues revivalists and of booking agents who ran the large folk festivals. A new chapter of study on Reynolds was opened up with the discovery in 2001 of the missing Paramount issue, found by an Ohio music teacher in a Tennessee flea market. "Cold Woman Blues" from this disc was included on the 2001 Revenant release Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues, devoted to the music of Charley Patton. Thereon, Reynolds is included as a member of Patton's "circle," although he was based in Tennessee and not in the Mississippi Delta. Nor is Reynolds known to have been acquainted with Patton, although in a superficial sense there is enough similarity between the two to suggest some kind of stylistic, and hence personal, connection. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis, Rovi
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Married Woman Blues
Blind Willie Reynolds Lyrics
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If you lose your money, great god, don't lose your mind
If you lose your woman, please don't fool with mine
I'm gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my lady while I sleep
I'm gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my lady while I sleep
Women these days, they're so doggone crooked
Till they might make off 'fore day creep
Well, you can't watch your wife, outside women too
You can't watch your wife, outside women too
When you're out with your women, wife will be at home
Cookin' your food, doin' your dirt, buddy, what you tryin' to do?
Oh, you can't watch your wife, outside women too
Oh, you can't watch your wife, outside women too
When you're out with your women, wife will be at home
Cookin' your food, doin' your dirt, buddy, what you tryin' to?
Blind Willie Reynolds's "Married Woman Blues" is a tale of caution to men who are in love with a married woman. The lyrics warn against the dangers of losing one's money and, most importantly, not losing one's mind. The song tells the story of a man who is in love with a married woman, but the singer tells the man that if he loses his woman, he should not go after the singer's woman. The lyrics suggest that the man should not go after anyone else's woman since no good can come of it.
The lyrics also talk about the crookedness of women these days. The man wants to buy a bulldog to watch his lady while he sleeps because he is afraid that his lady might run off with someone else. The song warns that one cannot watch their wife and outside women at the same time. The singer warns that when a man is out with his women, his wife will be at home cooking his food and doing his dirt, which means the listeners should be careful what they try to do. The song is a commentary on relationships, loyalty, and trust.
Line by Line Meaning
If you lose your money, great god, don't lose your mind
Don't let losing your money drive you crazy.
If you lose your woman, please don't fool with mine
If you lose your own woman, please don't try to steal mine.
I'm gonna buy me a bulldog, watch my lady while I sleep
I'm going to get a dog to protect my woman from being stolen while I'm sleeping.
Women these days, they're so doggone crooked
Till they might make off 'fore day creep
Women are so sneaky nowadays that they might leave before daybreak without you knowing.
Well, you can't watch your wife, outside women too
When you're out with your women, wife will be at home
Cookin' your food, doin' your dirt, buddy, what you tryin' to do?
You can't always watch your wife, and while you're out with your other women, your wife will be at home taking care of your household chores, so what are you trying to do?
Oh, you can't watch your wife, outside women too
When you're out with your women, wife will be at home
Cookin' your food, doin' your dirt, buddy, what you tryin' to?
You can't always watch your wife, and while you're out with your other women, your wife will be at home taking care of your household chores, so what are you trying to do?
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Arthur Reynolds, DP
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@nickhofer2453
I have not heard this song in years. Thank you.
@kathysenn7664
His words contain a lotta insight and good advice.. :) thanks TIntoTB.. for sharing the music today..
@RistoBopDz
Only one chord.. and it’s a whole world