When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer (Version 1)

by B.B. King Jules Taub Sam Ling recording of 19 from Do The Boogie! B.B. King's Early 50's Classics (Virgin 39654) When my heart get to beatin' like a hammer and my eyes get full of tears Oh , when my heart get to beatin' like a hammer and my eyes get full of tears Well, you only been gone twenty four hours, yeah, but it seems like a million years Well, now if I ever mistreated you, darling, oh, you know I didn't mean no harm Oh, if I ever mistreated you, baby, oh, you know I didn't mean no harm Well, you know I'm just a little country boy, baby, well, I was raised by a dog on the farm Oh, yeah! Oh, you give me so much trouble baby, 'till I don't know what to do Oh, you give me so much trouble baby, 'till I don't know what to do Well, I ain't got nothin', now baby, babe, that is all on account of you

 

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