(I'm A) Steady Rollin' Man (Robert Johnson)

for this titel are also Robert Lockwood, Steve Rumen and Michel Montecrossa registered for the copyright [GEMA]

guitar part similar to "Kindhearted Woman Blues", "Phonograph Blues", "Dead Shrimp Blues", "Little Queen of Spades", "Me and the Devil Blues", "Honeymoon Blues"

Sources:

Gissing, Werner: Mississippi Delta Blues: Formen und Texte von Robert Johnson (1911-1938). (Beiträge zur Jazzforschung. Studies in Jazz Research). Graz, 1986.

Sheet Music:

King of Spades Music

Recordings:

1937 - Robert Johnson - Dallas, Texas - June 19, 1937 - ARC 7-12-67 Vocalion 03723 (3 takes, take 2 unissued) - Robert Johnson (voc, g)

1974 - Eric Clapton - on: 461 Ocean Boulevard

1983 - John Hammond - on: Live

1985 - Splinter Group featuring Otis Rush - on: Supernatural

1987 - Richard Weihs - Extraplatte, on: Dunkle Kanäle - "Tramper Blues"

1997 - Peter Green Splinter Group - on:Peter Green Splinter Group - "Steady Rollin' Man"

1997 - Tom Shaka - on: Blues Magic

1999 - Peter Green Splinter Group - on: Soho Session - "Steady Rollin' Man"

2000 - Devil in a Woodpile - on: Division Street

2000 - Peter Green / Nigel Watson - on: Hot Foot Powder

2001 - Carey Bell & Robert Lockwood Jr. - on: Hellhound On My Trail

2002 - Catfish Stephenson - on: Heart, Mind & Soul

2002 - Kerry Keyrney Band - on: Trippin On Psychodelta

2002 - Michael Pickett - on: Solo

2006 - Blue Divine - on: That's What It Takes

2006 - Pickup The Harp - on: Destination

2007 - Blind Will Dukes - on: The Road to Robert Johnson and Beyond

2007 - Dickey Betts And Great Southerns - on: Let's Get Together

2007 - Paul Deslauriers - on: Ripping Into Red

2008 - Dave Thomas With Special Guest Wallace Coleman - on: Repossession Blues Vol.1

2008 - Steve Howell - on: My Mind Get's On Ramblin'

2009 - George Thorogood and the Destroyers - on: Essential Thorogood

2009 - Henning Staerk - on: Old Time Rocker

2009 - Travelin' Hellhound - on: Travelin' Hellhound

I'm a steady rollin' man,
I roll both night and day.
I'm a steady rollin' man,
Hmm hmm, I roll both night and day.
But I haven't got no sweet woman,
Hmm mmm, boys, to be rollin' this a way.

I'm the man that roll,
When icicles hangin' on the tree.
I'm the man that rolls,
When icicles is hangin' on the tree.
And now you hear me howlin', baby,
Hmm mmm, down on my bended knee.

I'm a hard workin' man,
Have been for many years, I know.
I'm a hard workin' man,
Have been for many long years, I know.
And some cream puff's usin' my money,
Ooh well, babe, but that'll never be no mor'.

You can't give your sweet woman,
Everything she wants in one time.
Ooh hoo ooo, you can't give your sweet woman,
Everything she wants in one time.
Well, boys, she get ramblin' in her brain,
Hmm mmm, some monkey man on her mind'.

I'm a steady rollin' man,
I roll both night and day.
I'm a steady rollin' man,
And I roll both night and day.
Well I don't have no sweet woman,
Hmm mmm, boys, to be rollin' this a way.