Socket Blues - Memphis Minnie

Down in my old home town, put the irons on the stove

But I’m got to have a socket everywhere I go

I need a socket, oohhh, I need a socket

Babe, I’ve got to have a socket, if you want me to iron your clothes

I got the clothes on the bed, all sprinkled down

I can’t find no socket around, I need a socket

Babe, I’ve got to have a socket, if you want me to iron your clothes

Well, the last socket I had, you throwed it out of doors

How in the world you expect for me to iron your clothes

I need a socket, oohhh, I need a socket

Babe, I’ve got to have a socket, if you want me to iron your clothes

Well, the reason I love my baby and love him so

He carry me a socket everywhere he go

I need a socket, oohhh, I need a socket

Babe, I’ve got to have a socket, if you want me to iron your clothes

I got an electric iron, I got plenty of steam

But a socket, now, is all in the world I need

I need a socket, oohhh, I need a socket

Babe, I’ve got to have a socket, if you want me to iron your clothes