Blow Wind Blow
Howlin' Wolf & Muddy Waters Lyrics
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When the sun rose this morning, I didn't have my baby by my side.
I don't know where she was, I know she's out with some another guy.
Don't the sun look lonesome shading down behind the trees?
Don't the sun look lonesome shading down behind the trees?
But don't your house look lonesome when your baby's packed to leave.
Blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me.
Well you know if I don't soon find them, I will be in misery.
Goodbye baby, that is all I have left to say.
Goodbye baby, that is all I have left to say.
But you have lost your good thing, go ahead and have your own way.
The lyrics of Howlin' Wolf & Muddy Waters's song Blow Wind Blow can be interpreted as a tale of love lost and the desperation to regain a lost love. The song speaks of a man who wakes up to find that his lover is no longer by his side. He does not know where she is but assumes that she is with another man. The man feels the pangs of loneliness at the sight of the sun as it sets behind the trees. He compares the sight of the sun to the feeling of loneliness that he experiences when his lover leaves him.
Throughout the song, the man appeals to the wind to blow his lover back to him. He believes that if the wind can blow his lover back to him, his misery will end. The man says goodbye to his lover but wishes more than anything that she can come back to him. He acknowledges that she has lost a good thing, but that does not stop him from wanting to be with her.
The song is an expression of heartbreak and desperation. It speaks to the universal experience of losing love and wanting it back. The character's appeal to the wind to bring back his lover is an act of desperation and hope that will resonate with listeners.
Line by Line Meaning
When the sun rose this morning, I didn't have my baby by my side.
I woke up this morning without my significant other beside me.
I don't know where she was, I know she's out with some another guy.
I'm unsure of my partner's whereabouts, but I suspect they're spending time with someone else.
Don't the sun look lonesome shading down behind the trees?
Doesn't the setting sun look sad as it disappears behind the trees?
But don't your house look lonesome when your baby's packed to leave.
Similarly, doesn't one's home look empty and lonely when their loved one is packing up to leave?
Blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me.
Wind, please bring my significant other back to me by blowing them my way.
Well you know if I don't soon find them, I will be in misery.
If I can't locate my partner soon, I'll be in a state of great sadness and anguish.
Goodbye baby, that is all I have left to say.
All I have left to say is farewell, my dear.
But you have lost your good thing, go ahead and have your own way.
Even though you've lost someone good, you should still move on and do what you want.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: MC KINLEY MORGANFIELD
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Well, when the sun rose this mornin'
I didn't have my baby by my side
Oh, when the sun rose this mornin'
I didn't have my baby by my side
Well know where she was
Well, she's out with another guy
Well, don't the sun look lonesome?
Shadin' down behind the trees
Well, don't the sun looks so lonesome
Shadin' down behind the trees
Well, don't your house look so lonesome?
When your baby packed up to leave
Well, alright
Well, blow wind, blow wind
Blow my baby back to me
Oh, blow wind, blow wind
Blow my baby back to me
Well, you know if I don't soon find her
My heart's gonna be in misery
Well, alright, alright
Oh, goodbye, baby
I don't have no more to say
Oh, goodbye, baby
I don't have no more to say
Go ahead and have your way
@senemorcaykalyoncu6369
HERE IS THE PERSONNEL OF THE SHOW :
MUDDY WATERS....GUITAR AND VOCALS...
LITLLE WALTER : HARMONICA...
JIMMY ROGERS : ELECTRIC GUITAR...
ELGIN EVANS : THE DRUMS...
OTIS SPANN : THE PIANO...
WILLIE DIXON : THE BASS GUITAR...
@pierrevallee1939
One thing I like, Muddy is the lead singer, but he’s not « in front », he’s « in » the band. A lesson to all the narcississtics…
@eugenegd2112
Well said!
@greggorsag9787
This is sublime. The legends in the band, the performance, the video production, the lighting, the clothes, the colors, the unity and feel of this band, Muddy’s restrained but driving vocal, the solos, just everything.
@Alanoffer
Drummers don’t play this beat in modern blues bands , But to me this is the way it should be played ,
@DavidMScott-cs8pp
Your so right. I’m 83 and still gigging and this drummer plays it like I learned it... a shuffle with a mix of triplets rather than a straight back beat on the snare. Rock drumming has most of the current players focused on that style.
I met a very good keys/vocalist awhile back and we were doing some Classic Rock and Blues. I did it shuffle style and he stopped playing and said “no,no play it straight” I’ve also had guitarists look at me as if I’m weird for playing that way. I also play a lot of Jazz and when I get a solo I try to play the melody whereas with Rock the drummer concentrated on how many times he can go at breakneck speed “around the toms”
Just sayin’
@rainerwaansinn
They knew how to record music. They didn't squint at sound and wild camera angles. They got the important stuff right in the picture. Back then. Fifty years ago. Thank you!
@brianwells4507
Rainer, to those guy's it was all about the sound, not the cosmetics. I got a Ibanez Jazz bass in '74, couldn't afford a Fender. Then a buddy sold me a 1967 Silvertone 100 watt Solid State guitar amp with 6 10" Jensen's. It was a model 1400 something? Looked uncool as hell, but for $60, it sounded pretty funky! One of my favorite local Chicago Blues bands in the 70's was Son Seals. Great vocals and a driving rhythm with searing stretched strings solos on a hollow body Guild. But his bassist Snapper Martin was what floored me, he had the same Silvertone amp, with a Teisco "Del Ray" cheesy Bass? Here I wanted a Blackface Fender Bassman and needless to say Snapper certainly could afford one,too? But that's when I realized, to those musicians if it sounds great, play it!
@basfitzverploegh3848
This recording is 50 years old ... still better than nowadays' crap that's on the radio ... Blues forever !! :-)
@Ironworthstriking
Who cares what’s on the radio? There’s tons of killer modern blues to listen to these days. Matt Schofield, Eric Gales, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram to name a few.
@basfitzverploegh3848
@Tyler Davis Yep, true. Great bluesmen ... en women (Bonnie Raitt..)