Sunshine Blues

Sybil Gage and her Catahoulas
Sybil Gage and Her Catahoulas perform many blues classics as well as original compositions. The band boasts a New Orleans sound that combines elements of blues, jazz and swing.
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♪MUSIC
>>HELLO, MY NAME IS
SYBIL GAGE.
THESE ARE MY CATAHOULAS.
AND HAVE WE GOT A SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT.
♪MUSIC
>>OH SEE
I SAID A SEE SEE RIDER
JUST TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
I SAY, A SEE SEE RIDER
SEE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
UH-HUH
WELL YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU AND
NOW YOUR GIRL HAS GONE
OH YEAH
WELL I'M GONNA BUY
I'M GONNA BUY
ME A SHOT GUN
AND JUST AS LONG
AS I AM TALL
YES, I AM I SAID,
FETCH ME A PISTOL LONG AS I AM
TALL
UH-HUH
THEN I'M GONNA SHOOT
MY BABY AND I'M GONNA CATCH THAT
CANNON BALL
AWWW YEAH
WELL I'M GOING
I'M GOING AWAY BABY
AND I
WON'T BE BACK 'TIL FALL
NO, NO,
NO I SWEAR I SAY I AM GOING AWAY
BABY
AND I WON'T BE BACK 'TIL
FALL
UH-HUH
AND IF I FIND ME A
GOOD MAN
THEN BABY I WON'T BE
BACK AT ALL
YEAH, YEAH!
♪MUSIC
I SAY SEE SEE SEE RIDER
TELL ME WHERE DID YOU STAY LAST
NIGHT?
I'M ASKING YOU NICELY BABY
OH SEE SEE RIDER
OH WHERE DID YOU
STAY LAST NIGHT?
UH-HUH
'CAUSE YOUR SHOES ARE
ALL UNBUCKLED
AND YOUR CLOTHES
DON'T FIT YOU RIGHT
YEAH, YEAH!
♪MUSIC
WELL I SAY, SEE OH, SEE
SEE RIDER
JUST TO SEE-HEE,
SEE
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE YEAH,
OH, AHH,
SEE SEE RIDER SEE WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE
UH-HUH
WELL YOU MADE
ME LOVE YOU AND NOW YOUR GIRL
HAS GONE
YEAH, YEAH!
♪MUSIC
I GOT A MAN THAT'S MORE
THAN EIGHT FOOT TALL
FOUR FOOT SHOULDERS, HONEY
THAT AIN'T ALL
MY KING SIZE PAPA KING SIZE
PAPA.
I TAKE THE DOOR OFF THE HINGES
WHEN MY BABY COMES TO CALL.
THERE'S SUCH A LOT OF HIM, THE
WAY HE GREW.
ENOUGH TO LAST 'TIL 2022.
HE'S MY KING SIZE PAPA.
KING SIZE PAPA
HE'S A REAL PAPA DIDA
AND HE KNOWS JUST WHAT TO
DO.
NO ONE CAN THRILL ME LIKE MY
BABY CAN.
HE'S SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN.
MY KING SIZE PAPA.
KING SIZE PAPA.
NEVER EVER WAS NOTHIN' LIKE HIM
SINCE THE DAY THE WORLD BEGAN.
♪MUSIC
WHEN HE'S AROUND NOT A
THING I LACK.
WHEN HE LOVES ME HE DON'T HOLD
NOTHIN' BACK.
MY KING SIZE PAPA.
KING SIZE PAPA.
YOU KNOW EVERY LITTLE THING THAT
I NEED HE CARRIES IN HIS KING
SIZE PACK.
I SAID, THEY BUILT THE BOULDER
DAM, THE EMPIRE STATE.
AND THEN THEY MADE MY MAN, NOW
AIN'T THAT GREAT!
MY KING SIZE, DI-DA-DO PAPA KING
SIZE PAPA.
EVERY LITTLE THING I NEED Y'ALL
YEAH BABY, HE'S MY MAN
♪MUSIC
HE'S GOT BIG STRONG ARMS TO HOLD
ME TIGHT.
THEN HE SQUEEZES ME WITH ALL
HIS MIGHT.
MY KING SIZE PAPA.
HE'S MY KING SIZE PAPA.
HE'S MY ONE BIG MOMENT AND I'LL
KEEP HIM RIGHT IN SIGHT
HERE HE COME NOW
HERE I AM BABY.
I'M OVER HERE.
SEE ME?
>>GONNA SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE
BIT.
♪MUSIC
>>JUST FOR YOU.
YOU HAD PLENTY MONEY, NINETEEN
NINETY-TWO
YOU LET OTHER WOMEN
MAKE A FOOL OF YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT, LIKE
SOME OTHER MEN DO?
GET OUT OF HERE AND GET ME SOME
MONEY TOO.
OH, OH, OH, OH YOU'RE SITTIN'
AROUND WONDERIN' WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT;
YOU AIN'T GOT NO MONEY,
HONEY, THEY WILL PUT YOU OUT.
WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT, LIKE
SOME OTHER MEN DO?
GET OUT OF HERE AND GET ME SOME
MONEY TOO.
♪MUSIC
IF YOU HAD PREPARED
TWENTY YEARS AGO,
YOU WOULDN'T
BE A-WANDERIN' ROUND
KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKING
DOOR TO DOOR.
WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT, BABY
LIKE SOME OTHER MEN DO?
GET OUT OF HERE AND GET ME SOME
MONEY TOO,
AND HERE'S WHAT HE
TOLD ME
HE SAID YOU ARE SITTING
ON A MILLION
SITTING ON IT EVERY DAY
CAN'T MAKE NO MONEY GIVING
YOUR STUFF AWAY
WHY DON'T YOU DO
LIKE,
LIKE THE RICH FOLKS DO?
HE SAID PUT YOUR STUFF ON THE
MARKET YOU'D MAKE A MILLION TOO
WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT
DO RIGHT
BABY LIKE SOME OTHER MEN DO
♪MUSIC
I WANT TO LIVE THE LIFE
I SING ABOUT IN MY SONG
I'M WANNA STAND
FOR RIGHT ALWAYS
SHUN THE WRONG
IF I'M IN THE
CROWD, OR I'M ALONE ON THE
STREETS
OR IN MY HOME I WANT
TO LIVE THE LIFE I SING ABOUT IN
MY SONG
I SAID, I WANT TO LIVE
THE LIFE I SING ABOUT IN MY SONG
I WANT TO STAND FOR RIGHT ALWAYS
SHUN THE WRONG
IF I'M IN A CROWD
OR I'M ALONE
ON THE STREET OR IN
MY HOME
I WANT TO LIVE THE LIFE
I SING ABOUT IN MY SONG
EVERYDAY AND EVERYWHERE ON A
BUSY THOROUGHFARE
FOLKS MAY SPOT ME;
SOME MAY WATCH ME
THEY SAY
I'M FOOLISH BUT I DON'T CARE
I CAN'T SING
ONE THING AND THEN
LIVE ANOTHER
BE SAINT BY DAY AND
A DEVIL UNDERCOVER
I WANT TO
LIVE THE LIFE I SING ABOUT IN MY
SONG
♪MUSIC
EVERY DAY AND
EVERYWHERE ON A BUSY
THOROUGHFARE
FOLKS MAY WATCH ME,
SOME MAY SPOT ME
THEY SAY I'M
FOOLISH BUT I DON'T CARE
I CAN'T SING ONE
THING THEN LIVE ANOTHER
BE A SAINT BY DAY AND A DEVIL
UNDERCOVER
I WANT TO LIVE THE
LIFE I SING ABOUT IN MY SONG
I WANT TO LIVE
THE LIFE I SING
ABOUT IN MY SONG
♪MUSIC
I WAS
SO LONELY,
I WAS SO LONELY ON
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY
I WENT OUT
TO FIND MYSELF A TRUE LOVE IN A
MOST UNUSUAL WAY
PICKED UP A
POTION FROM MARIE LAVEAU, SHE
SAID SHE DIDN'T NEED IT NO MORE
NOW MY MOJO'S WORKIN' AND IT'S
SOMETHING ELSE
I FOUND THE
PERFECT LOVE RIGHT ON THE
GROCERY STORE SHELF
COME ON BABY
NOW COME ON BABY, I'M THE PIED
PIPER OF LOVE I GOT A LITTLE
GRIS GRIS FROM TOLEDANO ST., NOW
I'M HAPPY 7 DAYS A WEEK
COME ON
BABY NOW
COME ON BABY
I'M THE
PIED PIPER OF LOVE
I KNOW OUR
LOVE WILL GROW DANCING TO THE
ZYDECO
I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN TO THE
OLD HI HO
HIS EYES WERE WIDE
FROM THAT VOO DOO JUICE
HE TAGGED ALONG WITH ME
HE DRANK
ENOUGH FROM THAT SILVER CUP TO
LOVE ME ETERNALLY
IT DON'T CUT,
DON'T BITE,DON'T STING
THAT LITTLE BIT
OF GRIS GRIS THING
NEXT THING WE DO IS A HOO NA NU
AND THAT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION
♪MUSIC
HIS EYES WERE WIDE FROM
THE VOO DOO JUICE
HE TAGGED ALONG WITH ME
HE DRANK ENOUGH
FROM THAT SILVER CUP TO LOVE ME
ETERNALLY
YEAH IT DON'T CUT,
DON'T BITE, DON'T STING
THAT
LITTLE BIT OF GRIS GRIS THING
NEXT THING WE DO IS A HOO NA NU
AND THAT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION
COME ON BABY NOW
COME ON BABY
I'M THE PIED PIPER OF LOVE
I GOT
A LITTLE GRIS GRIS FROM TOLEDANO
ST.,
NOW I'M HAPPY SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK
MY BABY, YEAH COME ON BABY
NOW
COME ON BABY
I'M THE PIED
PIPER OF LOVE
I KNOW OUR LOVE
WILL GROW DANCING TO THE ZYDECO
I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN TO THE OLD HI
HO
I KNOW OUR LOVE WILL GROW
DANCING TO THE ZYDECO I'LL TAKE
YOU DOWN TO THE OLD HI HO.
♪MUSIC
WELL I AIN'T GOING TO BE
YOUR LOWDOWN DOG NO MORE
NO, I AIN'T GONNA BE
YOUR LOWDOWN DOG
NO MORE
IF YOU DON'T WANT ME
BABY,
I'M GONNA HEAD ON UP THE ROAD
I WORK HARD ALL DAY JUST TO
BRING YOU ALL MY PAY
YES, I WORK
HARD ALL DAY JUST TO BRING YOU
ALL MY PAY
YOU GONNA MISS ME MY
DARLING WHEN I'M GONE AWAY
OOO, OOO, WEE
OOO, OOO, WEE
WELL IT'S
A LOWDOWN SHAME THE WAY YOU
TREAT POOR ME
♪MUSIC
OOO, OOO, WEE
OOO, OOO, WEE
WELL IT'S A
LOWDOWN SHAME THE WAY YOU TREAT
POOR ME
WELL THIS IS NOT MY HOME
AND I AIN'T COMPELLED TO STAY
NO
THIS IS NOT MY HOME AND I AIN'T
COMPELLED TO STAY
OH, IT'S YOUR
TIME NOW BUT IT'LL BE MY TIME
SOME DAY
♪MUSIC
WELL I AIN'T
GONNA BE YOUR LOWDOWN DOG NO
MORE
NO I AIN'T GONNA BE YOUR
LOWDOWN DOG NO MORE
BECAUSE THE
TRAIN IS AT THE STATION AND MY
MIND'S MADE UP TO GO
♪MUSIC
WILL IT BE THE GAS CHAMBER?
WILL IT BE THE HANG MAN'S ROPE?
WILL IT BE THE ELECTRIC CHAIR?
OR IS THERE STILL SOME HOPE?
'CAUSE I AIN'T A THREE TIME
LOSER JUDGE, HE SAID I GOT TO GO
HEY, I JUST KILLED MY TWO-TIMING
DADDY WITH A SAWED OFF 44
WHEN I
SHOT HIM IN THE PARLOR HE FELL
DOWN ON THE FLOOR
THAT'S ONE
DOUBLE CROSSING MONKEY AIN'T
GONNA SWING NO MORE
I'M A THREE
TIME LOSER
JUDGE, HE SAID I GOT
TO GO
OH, I JUST KILLED MY GOOD
TIMING DADDY WITH A BLUE STEEL
44
YES I DID YES I DID
OH!
♪MUSIC
WHEN THEY SENT ME UP FOR
MURDER
IN THE FIRST DEGREE
BUT I
KNOW I'VE DONE A FAVOR FOR ALL
THE YOUNG GIRLS LIKE ME
YOU SEE,
I'M A THREE TIME LOSER
LOSER,
OH, JUDGE HE SAID I GOT TO GO
I GOT TO GO
I JUST KILLED MY GOOD
TIMING DADDY WHEN I SHOT HIM ONE
TIME
I SHOT HIM TWO TIMES
I HAD
TO SHOOT HIM THREE TIMES
AND I
SAID THANK YOU TO MY SAWED OFF
44
>>BLUES MUSIC IS THE BEST
BECAUSE YOU CAN GET
IT ALL OUT
OF YOUR SYSTEM.
EVERYBODY HAS THE
BLUES AT ONE
POINT OR ANOTHER
IN THEIR LIVES.
AND SO IT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S
INSTANTLY RELATABLE
TOO.
YOU'RE NOT HUMAN
IF YOU HAVEN'T
HAD THE BLUES.
AND THE BLUES
WILL ACTUALLY
CHEER YOU UP.