

And although no friction between the two women is recalled, Julia decided to leave her children and make her own way elsewhere.Īnd so, Memphis became Robert’s home for the next couple of years. Charlie had a wife and a mistress and children by both of them, in addition to Robert.
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It was a full house at the Spencers’ in 1914. After a couple of very hard and unsettling seasons in migrant labor camps, they all were living in Memphis with, and as, the family of Charles Spencer. Still a babe-in-arms, his mother took him and his baby sister, Carrie, and signed on with a Delta labor supplier. However, little Robert didn’t stay in Hazlehurst long. In the meantime, Robert Johnson was born May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Julia Dodds and Noah Johnson, the man whom she favored in Mr. Julia and two daughters remained in Hazlehurst, but the Marchetti’s soon uprooted them from their house and displaced them from their land. D.’ Spencer” in Memphis and began a new life. Illness put an early end to the lives of two of the daughters, and Charlie’s mistress, Serena, gave birth to two sons before a personal vendetta with the prominent Marchetti Brothers forced Dodds to flee Mississippi and take up residence in Memphis around 1907 under the assumed name of Spencer.Īfter his successful, yet clandestine departure, he sent for Serena and her sons, as well as some of Julia’s children, and they all joined the new “Mr. became a successful and well-respected, land-owning farmer, carpenter, and wicker furniture maker, and he and his wife raised six daughters and a son. and Julia Ann Majors, were married in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, in February 1889.Ĭharlie Dodds, Jr.

Dodds in North Carolina, all the others in Mississippi. but its the most accurate meaning i can get out of this song.Aug– Robert Leroy Johnson was allegedly born on May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi.Ĭharles and Harriet Dodds and Gabriel and Lucinda Brown Majors were all born into slavery -Mr. Hopefully after this the hooker will move on to a better job. (If prostitution is all she thinks is right for her, and shes too lazy to move on, she is an idiot, according to the guy)Ī guy who works hard, finds and persuades a hooker to spend th enight with him, and he ends up raping her, (but paying as well), and giving her important information. When you're the master of the off-chance, When you don't expect a lot and that she'll evetually leave prostitution, and go somewhere much more cultured) (He tells her that she has to keep on trying, and its no use hiding away. If you're dancing in the doldrums, One day soon, it's got to stop, it's got to stop No use hiding in a corner, Cause that won't change a thing They work hard, and feel like shit some of the time, while feeling good the rest of the time) (Telling her that both he and her are alike. It's lonely at the bottom, Man, it's dizzy at the topīut if you're standing in the middle, Ain't no way you're gonna stop (He tells her that she may have a rough job, but at least shes getting paid) You can turn away from fortune, fortune, Cause that's all that's left to you

Oh it's simple, All the pain that you go through (She keeps on crying and calling for help, but he tells her theres no one out there to help her, and that he's being very merciful, and that she has only herself to blame) I hear you crying in the darkness, Don't ask nobody's helpĪin't no pockets full of mercy baby, Cause you can only blame yourself (He wont let her take control of the situation, and is worried hed be caught, so he keeps driving and ends up having sex with her, ) It's only bad luck and trouble, From the day that you begin
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So don't you let her, Oh, get under your skin (After the guys finished wih his rules for the woman, she tells him to pull over and he begs her to stay "I need you love, etc, etc")

Oh, oh, I need your love, I need your love He reckons she might rip him offor whatever, so he tells her the rules, and what expects from her) she eventually gives in and she hops in the car. (She wont accept but the guy wont give up. She don't show no pity baby, she don't make no rules When he finds one she wont accept his offer) (The guy just finished working, and he goes looking around town for a prostitute. I'm looking for a woman, but the girl don't come General CommentIts definately about a guy looking for a hooker at night: One day soon, it's got to stop, it's got to stop You can turn away from fortune, fortune, fortune
