Story Behind The Song
This song was adapted from a supposed true story as told to Stevie DuPree by a since departed blues man down in the French Quarter in 1971.
Song Description
Voodoo and other strange happenings in New Orleans
| Song Length |
4:52 |
Genre |
Blues - Modern, Folk - Cajun |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Worry, Moon |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
VOODOO MOON
Look over my shoulder, please, and tell me what you see
Must be them Hellhounds chasin? after me
I been hidin? in the shadows but the shadows want me, too
Goin? down to find that Chalmette woman
Get her to tell me what to do
I must have really wronged somebody bad
For them to want to end my life so soon
Tree and noose to take whatever life I?ve had
Softly swinging ? Under the Voodoo Moon
Someone has cursed me with a Black Cat bone
I feel so cold and so all alone
Mix me a potion, please, to stop this now
And I?ll pay you back some day, some way, some how
If you?ll just help me, I promise that I?ll change
I?ll walk the line ? I?ll sing a different tune
A haunting melody so sweet and yet so strange
Softly singing ? Under the Voodoo Moon
Under the Voodoo Moon
Under the Voodoo Moon
Under the Voodoo Moon
Music by Don Merritt
Lyrics by Stevie DuPree
DosOlDudes Music 2004