Hoodooin' Of Miss Fanny Deberry

(album: The Gambler - 1978)

Down in Sunflower County where I was born
Used to be a crazy woman.
Used to walk bare footed down a gravel road
Singing in an unknown tongue.

One day I asked her Papa why she was crazy
The tears welled up in his eyes,
He said, "the Devil's inside my poor baby,
She be crazy 'til the day she dies.

"You know she's been hoodooed
By the power of the voodoo.
You know she's been hoodooed
By the power of the voodoo."

Said Fanny always was a peculiar child.
Never could make her mind.
She used to slip out and go walking in the woods late at night
Always came home crying.

But then one night she came home laughing
Talking out of her head.
She said, "Now I ain't got to worry 'bout dying Papa
I been sleeping in a Devil's bed.

"You know she's been hoodooed
By the power of the voodoo.
You know she's been hoodooed
By the power of the voodoo."

Hoodoo woman pickin up Qwewee
Hoodoo woman pickin up Qwewee

Said "Fanny's Mama was a Voodoo Queen
Died when Fanny was born
He remembered her very last words to him.
She said, "I'm going Honey, take care of Fanny 'til the Devil comes."

So if you see her buried down in a graveyard
Digging in a grave for Foofoo
You know she's gonna Hoodoo somebody
And if you cross her she might Hoodoo you.

"You know she's been hoodooed
By the power of the voodoo.
You know she's been hoodooed
By the power of the voodoo."

Don't be messing with a hoodoo woman
She's gonna Hoodoo you.
Don't be messing with a hoodoo woman
She's gonna Hoodoo you.
Don't be messing with a hoodoo woman
She's gonna Hoodoo you.

Hoodoo woman Pickin up a Qwewee
Hoodoo woman Pickin up a Qwewee