Artist: Ellas McDaniel(Bo Diddley)
Released: 1957
Genre: Rock & Roll
Theme: Love
Chart: unknown
Label: Universal Music Group
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Song Notes:
The title is a play on the word "Hoodoo," which is a folk religion similar to Voodoo and also popular in the American South. Many Blues musicians mentioned Hoodoo in their songs and like Diddley, conjured up images of the skulls, snakes and graveyards.
For any who might not know, an "ice wagon" is a hearse
About This Version:
This song is an inspiration to many many rock & roll songs. From the opening guitar riff to the first vocals of "I walk 47 miles of barbed wire, I use a cobra-snake for a necktie" you know this song is a classic! "Got a tombstone hand and a graveyard mine, Just 22 and I don't mind dying. Who Do You Love"
Lyrics
WHO DO YOU LOVE
(E. McDaniel)
I walk 47 miles of barbed wire,
I use a cobra-snake for a necktie,
I got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made from rattlesnake hide,
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of a human skull,
Now come on take a walk with me, arlene,
And tell me, who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Tombstone hand and a graveyard mine,
Just 22 and I dont mind dying.
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
I rode around the town,
use a rattlesnake whip,
Take it easy arlene,
dont give me no lip,
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Night was dark,
but the sky was blue,
Down the alley,
the ice-wagon flew,
Heard a bump,
and somebody screamed,
You should have heard just what I seen.
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Arlene took me by my hand,
And she said ooowee bo,
you know I understand.
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?