Song title: Hootchie cootchie man
(Dixon) by Muddy Waters (Chess 1560), 1953
Hootchie cootchie man
Gypsy woman told my mama
'while 'fore I was born.
Got a boy child comin' mama,
He'll be a bad one, now.
I'll make all you little girls,
turn your heads around.
Then I'm gonna take you little girls,
gonna take you right on down... with me yeah
Ho, you just wait and see.
I'll be your hoochie coochie man,
I'll set you free.
On the seventh hour of the seventh day
on the seventh month, seven doctors they say.
I've got lots of good luck, you know they all agree.
But now if ya, if you're lookin' for trouble babe,
you better not mess with me.
Hey, 'cause you know I'll getcha one by one.
Ain't no fun.
I'm that old hoochie coochie man,
a bad son of a gun.
Got a John the conqueroot and got some mojo too,
We got a black cat born, we're gonna slip it to you.
Hey, move over people just as fast as you can.
Said I know you're waitin' for me 'cause I'm the hoochie coochie man.
I'm gonna get you, one by one.
I got set on that old hoochie coochie man
and I'm yo' son of a gun.
Now the gypsy woman told mama, oh 'while 'fore I was born,
she said you know he's comin' mama, he'll be a bad, very bad one.
Make all the ladies, turn their heads around.
You said, I can just see all those women, chasin' him all down.
I'm your hoochie coochie man, everybody knows it.
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 18/09/1968 Ocean County College, Toms River,NJ ,USA during the Earth period
note: this date is only indicative of the general period
- 30/10/1971 Vcu Gym, Richmond,VA ,USA during the BSB period
- 01/12/1971 Unknown, Unknown ,Usa
note: this date is only indicative of the general period
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
First known live performance: 18/09/1968 Ocean County College, Toms River,NJ ,USA
Last known live performance: 01/12/1971 Unknown, Unknown ,Usa
Song 'history':
During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 1 time(s) with the Earth band, 1 time(s) with the Bruce Springsteen Band.
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Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database