Can I Do It For You

Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy

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 Can I Do It For You, Part One

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Want to do something for you, want to do something for you.
Do anything in this world I can. I want to do something for you.
Hear me saying, I want to do something for you.

Memphis Minnie:
No you can’t do nothing to me, no you can’t do nothing to me.
I don’t care what in the world you do, you can’t do nothing for me.
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing for me.

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Buy you a watch and chain, buy you a watch and chain
Buy you a watch and chain, I want to do something for you.
Hear me saying, I want to do something for you.

Memphis Minnie:
I don’t want no watch and chain, I don’t want no watch and chain.
I don’t want nothing in the world you got and you can’t do nothing to me
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing to me.

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Buy you a house and home, buy you a house and home.
Buy you a house and home, want to do something for you.
Hear me saying, I want to do something for you.

Memphis Minnie:
I don’t want no house and home, I don’t want no house and home.
I don’t want nothing in the world you got and you can’t do nothing to me
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing to me.

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Buy you a strip of land, buy you a strip of land.
Buy you a strip of land, I want to do something for you.
Hear me saying, I want to do something for you.

Memphis Minnie:
I don’t want no strip of land, I don’t want no strip of land.
I don’t want nothing in the world you got and you can’t do nothing to me
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing to me.

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Kansas Joe McCoy:
Buy you a diamond ring, buy you a diamond ring.
Buy you a diamond ring, I want to do something for you.
Hear me saying, I want to do something for you.

Memphis Minnie:
I don’t want no diamond ring, I don’t want no diamond ring.
I don’t want nothing in the world you got and you can’t do nothing for me
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing for me.

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Can I do it to you, can I do it to you.
Do anything in this world I can, I want to do it to you.
Hear me saying, I want to do it to you.

Memphis Minnie:
No you can’t do it to me, no you can’t do it to me.
I don’t care what in the world you do, you can’t do it to me.
Hear me saying, you can’t do it to me.

Can I Do It For You, Part Two

Kansas Joe McCoy:

I’ll buy your wood and coal, buy your wood and coal
Buy your wood and coal, if I can do something to you
Hear me saying, I want to do something to you

Memphis Minnie:
I don’t want no wood and coal, I don’t want no wood and coal
I don’t want nothing in the world you got and you can’t do nothing for me
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing for me

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Buy your shoes and clothes, buy your shoes and clothes
Buy your shoes and clothes, if I can do something to you
Hear me saying, I want to do something to you

Memphis Minnie:
I don’t want no shoes and clothes, I don’t want no shoes and clothes
I don’t want nothing in the world you got, and can’t do nothing for me
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing for me

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Kansas Joe McCoy:
I’ll buy you a Chevrolet, I’ll buy you a Chevrolet
Buy you a Chevrolet, if I can do something to you
Hear me saying, I want to do something to you

Memphis Minnie:
I don’t want no Chevrolet, I don’t want no Chevrolet
I don’t want nothing in the world you got, and you can’t do nothing for me
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing for me

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Buy you a baby calf, buy you a baby calf
Buy you a baby calf if I can do something to you
Hear me saying, if I can do something to you

Memphis Minnie:
I don’t want no baby calf, I don’t want no baby calf
I don’t want nothing in the world you got, and you can’t do nothing for me
Hear me saying, you can’t do nothing for me

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Can I do something to you, can I do something to you?
Do anything in this world I can, if I can do something to you
Hear me saying, if! can do something to you

Memphis Minnie:
Naw, you can’t do nothing to me, naw, you can’t do nothing to me
I don’t care what in the world you do, you can’t do nothing to me
Hear me saying, you can’t do something to me

Kansas Joe McCoy:

Buy you a sedan Ford, buy you a sedan Ford
Buy you a sedan Ford, if I can do something to you
Hear me saying, if I can do something to you

Memphis Minnie:
I will take a sedan Ford, yes, I will take a sedan Ford
I don’t want nothing in the world you got but I will take a sedan Ford
Hear me saying, I’ll take a sedan Ford

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