SONG INFORMATION

Music Origin: Traditional (Appalachia, South, Southeast US, first recorded 1922)
"Let The Cocaine Be" and "Cocaine Blues" were both adapted from the traditional tune "Little Sadie".
Released by Doc Watson (1979)
Billy's version inspired by Doc Watson's version.

LYRICS

Sniffin that cocaine all over town
Honey don’t you let my deal go down
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be
Struttin up field walkin down main
Tryin to make a nickel for to buy cocaine
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be

Tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be
Tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be

Well I don’t know what I’m a gonna do
It’s killing my friends it’s gonna kill me too
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be
Made for horses not for men
The doc said it’ll kill me but he didn’t know when
Hey, hey, let the cocaine be

Tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be
Tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be

Now some of you rounders think you’re tough
Dipping that cocaine just like snuff
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be
It’ll burn out your nose make your eyes turn red
That danged old cocaine’ll kill you dead
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be

Tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be
Tell it to me, tell it to me
Drink corn liquor let the cocaine be
Hey, hey, buddy let the cocaine be

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