Mannish Boy

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Everything gonna be alright this mornin.

Now, when I was young boy,
At the age of five.
My mother said I would be,
The greatest man alive.
But, now I'm a man,
I made twenty-one.
I want you to believe me, honey,
We're havin lots of fun.

I'm a man,
I spell, m - a, chile, - n.
That well within man.
An ol' b - o, chile, - y.
That spell mannish boy.

I'm a man, I'm a full grown man.
I'm a man, I'm a rollin stone.
I'm a man, I'm a hoochie coochie man.

Sittin on the outside,
Was just me and my mate.
I made the move,
Come up two hours late.

Wa'n't that a man?
I spell, m - a, chile, - n.
That well within man.
An ol' b - o, chile, - y.
That spell mannish boy.

I'm a man, I'm a full grown man.
I'm a man, I'm a rollin stone.
I'm a man, I'm a full grown man.

Oh well, oh well...

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

Another in a long line of Muddy Waters songs that The Doors played during their career.
The only known recording of this by The Doors comes from The San Francisco Winterland in December 1967 with 'Screaming Ray' handling lead vocals.
It is likely that they played this song in their 1966 club period as it was popular with many of their contemporaries.

The Doors - Mannish Boy

"Mannish Boy" is a blues standard first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1955. It is an arrangement of (and an "answer song" to) Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man" (which in turn was inspired by Waters' and Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man").

"Mannish Boy" features a repeating stop-time figure on one chord throughout the song.

The song was written by McKinley Morganfield (Waters), Mel London, Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley)

Muddy Waters - Manish Boy