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Mississippi John Hurt — Candy Man Blues
Album: Live
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Released: 1963
Length: 3:21
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Well all you ladies gather 'round
That good sweet candy man's in town
It's the candy man
It's the candy man
He likes a stick of candy just nine inch long
He sells as fast a hog can chew his corn
It's the candy man

All heard what sister Johnson said
She always takes a candy stick to bed
Don't stand close to the candy man
He'll leave a big candy stick in your hand
He sold some candy to sister Bad
The very next day she took all he had
If you try his candy, good friend of mine
You sure will want it for a long long time
His stick candy don't melt away
It just gets better, so the ladies say
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 meauclaire wrote:

Beats Sammy Davis Jr. version of Candy Man all to hell. 


I  Agree totally!!   
Beats Sammy Davis Jr. version of Candy Man all to hell. 
 gvan wrote:
Loved him in "1984" and "Alien."

 
RIP the other John Hurt.
Lovely tune.
this is nice
i love his "Make Me A Pallet On The Floor"
great lyrics, fine singing and he has his 12 string ringing
 
Fantastic!
Wow playing a loop from 2011.  Must have gone back a ways in the prerecorded files.  Nice...
This is soooo good!
 gvan wrote:
Loved him in "1984" and "Alien."
 
He's spent a lot of time in the sun since then.  ; )
8 -> 10 after I learned to play this piece on guitar.
{#Daisy}  {#Cheesygrin} {#Tongue} {#Clap}  
My 1928 MJH sessions CD is one of my prized possessions ... nothing like this guitar playing in the entire world. 
 gvan wrote:
Loved him in "1984" and "Alien."
  
easmann wrote:

Actually that was "Derbyshire" John Hurt. People get them confused all the time.

 
Especially as you never see them both in the same place, at the same time....
 shellbella wrote:
Sweet!!  {#Daisy}

 
HABIT FORMING TOO........
{#Guitarist} nuthin' like the Real Deal. M.J.H. inspired a lot of our later day singer songwriters,. but few could play as well.
 johnjconn wrote:
Did Van Halen remake this song?

 
Bite your tongue and wash your mouth out immediately!!
Sweet!!  {#Daisy}
Loved him in "1984" and "Alien."
 timmus wrote:
I keep wanting to sing out "Been down one time. Been down two times. I'm never going back again."

 

I hear that too.



Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
{#Guitarist}
And so they came —-Stones, Clapton, J. Mayall, P. Green, J. Lennon, Alvin Lee.... ect. And she said "Baby please don't go."
 

delicious...  love it...


Nice!
Just caught the last couple minutes. Was that sharp tone on the high E string,or was that the B string?I guess he wasn't an electronic tuner guy. {#Lol}

Whoa,are the song comments freed for actual song comments once again?
Nice segue from Chocolate Jesus!
I keep wanting to sing out "Been down one time. Been down two times. I'm never going back again."
Soooo good to hear this on RP!!
Sweet.
I thought for just a moment there that I was listening to Leon Redbone. 
Anyone else get that? 
This was really released in 1963? The recording sounds pristine.
Saw Leon Russell perform this song and thought it was his until I read the comments.
Great to hear this...been too long
Soft, gentle voice.
Bonnie's mentor!
Classic Delta blues guitar, and very skilled, that Mississippi John Hurt was.

Nice!

fantastic addition
Good follow up to "The Ballad Of Curtis Loew"