1) I heard his tune on the radio

An old blind singer name of One-Eyed Joe          

Who played “The Lawdy Lawdy Blues”

He played them low and he played them good

You could smell the sweat of Mississippi mud

As he played the “Lawdy Lawdy Blues”

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And the people say as they pass today            

that they think their pop groups good

But they can't play like One-Eyed Joe                                 

Out in the swamps of the Mississippi mud

2) I walk in the heat of the Louisiana sun

To find an old man and the song he sung

And to play  the “Lawdy Lawdy Blues”

He taught me pain and he taught me tears

But all this hurt was music to my ears

When he played the “Lawdy Lawdy Blues”

3) Made my way back home ‘neath the Texas stars

Never feel the same about my Fender guitar

When I play the “Lawdy Lawdy Blues”

I remembered the man who taught me so good

Now I smell the sweat of Mississippi mud

When I play the “Lawdy Lawdy Blues”