Papa Charlie Jackson — Jungle Man Blues lyrics

Lyrics

Ain’t nothing in the jungle: that’s any better than me
I’m the baddest man: ever came from Tennessee
I slept with a panther: until just about the break of day
I grabbed the wildcat in the collar: and asked the tiger
what he had to say
I wear a scorpion for my watch fob: a rattlesnake for my chain
I scares a gorilla: and make him change his big ugly
name
I make a *sea tick* catch a freight train: I make a flea
grab the mail
I make a jumbo elephant: grab an airplane and sail
I was traveling in a rowboat: drifting out in the sea
I made a sea lion cub come back: and shake glad hands
with me Way down in the forest: there’s where I long to be Because ain’t nothing in the jungle: that’s any better
than me