Today’s song from Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues and rock n’ roll.
Celebrating the day that Jimmy Reed left us in 1976, “Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Baby” was written and released him in 1956. It reached No. 8 on the Billboard R&B chart, and became on of Jimmy’s most loved songs.
Many others have recorded their own versions of it, including Link Wray, Dale Hawkins, Ronnie Hawkins, the Everly Brothers, Etta James, Eric Clapton, Steve Miller and the Youngbloods.
“Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby”
by Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed.
Know I love ya babe?
Know I love ya babe?
Know I love ya babe?
But you don’t even know my name
Let me tell ya baby
I’ll tell ya what I would do
I would rob, steal, kill somebody
Just ta get back home ta you
Ain’t that lovin’ ya, baby?
Ain’t that lovin’ ya, babe?
Ain’t that lovin’ ya, babe?
But you don’t even know my name
Let me tell ya baby
Don’t sound like it’s true
Jimmy Reed, Down in Mississippi.
They could drop me in the ocean
I’d swim to the bank
An’ crawl home ta you
Ain’t that lovin’ ya baby?
Ain’t that lovin’ ya babe?
Ain’t that lovin’ ya baby?
But you don’t even know my name
They may kill me baby, bury me like they do
My body might lie but my spirit gonna rise
And come home to you
Ain’t that lovin’ ya baby?
Ain’t that lovin’ ya babe?
Ain’t that lovin’ ya baby?
But you don’t even know my name
