Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Remastered version of this recording purchased from iTunes and loaded via YouTube Capture.



Who's gonna shoe my pretty little foot?
Who's gonna glove my hand?
Who's gonna kiss my red ruby lips?
Who's gonna be my man?

Papa's gonna shoe my pretty little foot
Mama's gonna glove my hand,
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips,
I don't need no man.

I don't need no man,
I don't need no man,
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips,
I don't need no man.

The fastest train I ever did ride,
Was a hundred coaches long,
And the only woman I ever did love,
Was on that train and gone.

On that train and gone, boys,
On that train and gone,
The only woman I ever did love,
On that train and gone.

Who's gonna shoe my pretty little foot?
Who's gonna glove my hand?
Who's gonna kiss my red ruby lips?
Who's gonna be my man?

Papa's gonna shoe my pretty little foot
Mama's gonna glove my hand,
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips,
I don't need no man.

I don't need no man,
I don't need no man,
Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips,
I don't need no man.

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Video footage re-edited by me, taken from 'The Golden Louis' 1909, now in public domain (biograph film, New York)