by willie dixon
copyright 1967 (renewed) hoochie coochie music (bmi)
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.