beer drinkin woman

• memphis slim'in 1940'larda yazdığı, 44 dolar 90 cent harcanmış bir akşamdan sonra "gözüm onu bir daha görmesin" diyecek kadar mutsuz ve kırgın, yalnız başına evine dönen birinin ağzından, susamış ve evinde kahve kalmamış bir kadını anlatan hazin bir blues eseridir:
  
  beer drinkin' woman
  
  now i walked into a beer tavern
  to give a girl a nice time
  when i entered i had forty-five dollars
  when i left i had one dime
  wasn't that a beer drinkin' woman
  don't you know, man don't you know
  she was a beer drinkin' woman
  i don't want to see her no more
  now when i spent down to my last dime
  she says, "daddy i know you're not through"
  i told her, "yes, baby doll and the diploma belongs to you"
  wasn't that a beer drinkin' woman
  don't you know, man don't you know
  she was a beer drinkin' woman
  and i don't want to see her no more
  she would often say, "excuse me a minute,
  i've got to step around here"
  and every time she'd come back
  she'd say, "i want another quart of beer"
  wasn't that a beer drinkin' woman
  don't you know, man don't you know
  boy, she was the toughest i met
  lord, she was a beer drinkin' woman
  i don't want to see her no more
  i say, "i've got to step off baby,
  anything else you would like?"
  she said, "daddy i'll keep this table,
  if you promise me you'll be back"
  you know that was a beer drinkin' woman
  don't you know, man don't you know?
  she was a beer drinkin' woman
  i don't wanna see her no more
  i says, "i'm sorry baby, but i only have one more dime"
  she said, "daddy buy me a small bottle of beer,
  so i can concentrate my mind"
  wasn't that a beer drinkin' woman?
  don't you know, man don't you know
  lord, she was a beer drinkin' woman
  i don't wanna see her no more