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Sucks that nobody commented on this song. the intro and slide guitar is great throughout the song. a Feel Good Song for sure. It's hard to make out the lyrics by listening to the song but they got them right there up there so that helps out. Not sure but i guess its about a guy who's in love with an african american (She's my brownskin sugar plum) but is being told that the interacial thing might not be a good idea "You might get hurt if you don't keep it hid" but i dont know, great song tho by the way

Pretty good stuff !!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a fantastic tribute to the great Robert Johnson (probably one of your most quietly influential blues musicians ever) here are his original lyrics:

If your man get personal, want to have your fun, If your man get personal, want to have your fun, Just come on back to Friars Point, mama, barrelhouse all night long.

I got womens in Vicksburg, clean on into Tennesse, I got womens in Vicksburg, clean on into Tennesse, But my Friars Point rider, now, hops all over me.

I ain't gonna state no color but her front teeth 's crowned with gold. Ain't gonna state no color but her front teeth 's crowned with gold. She got a mortgage on my body 'n' a lien on my soul.

Lord, I'm goin' to Rosedale, gon' take my rider by my side, Lord, I'm goin' to Rosedale, gon' take my rider by my side, We can still barrelhouse, baby, 'cause it's on the riverside.

Now, you can squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my, (spoken: ''Til the juice run down my leg, baby, you know what I'm talkin' about.') You can squeeze my lemon 'til the juice run down my leg, (spoken: 'That's what I'm talkin' 'bout now.') But I'm goin' back to Friars Point, if I'll be rockin' to my head

Whoa! I knew it was a rework of Robert Johnson (The great) but I didn't know the lemon part was in his lyrics, I though LZ put a touch of their own! Sad, the lemon song was borrowed too then :(

i think when the "brownskin sugarplum" tells him that he might get hurt if he doesn't keep it hid...it's his love and intense feelings for this girl. she just wants to have fun, bang, and dance the night away. revealing how much he really loves her may turn her off...and she's letting him know that he shouldn't do this if they're to keep seeing each other. hey, correct me if i'm wrong. took it from a weird angle...hehe.

I love the fact that this song, and "Crossroads" by Cream are both homages to the great Robert Johnson. If you don't believe me, download "Travelling Riverside Blues" by him. It's awesome, and it really shows what an impact early blues musicians like Johnson had on Led Zeppelin (as if that weren't obvious enough by the fact they are masters of the blues)

the main riff in this song was recicled for "for Your Life".

This is a really good song by Zeppelin. I love the "Squeeze my lemon til the juice runs down my leg" part. =P

props to all of you who know it was robert johnson. creams/claptons cover of crossroads is indeed awesome. as is claptons cover of travelin riverside blues.

''Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg'' ? that sounds sssoooooo wrong. Not that the lyric is wrong, i mean the meaning of it.

Zeps best blues song

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Led Zeppelin Miscellaneous Travelling Riverside Blues Hey! That's right! Asked sweet mama, let me A-be her kid. She said-a "Ya might get hurt if ya do y'oughta A-keep it hid". Well ah-hah, I know my baby If I see her in the dark, I said I know my rider If I see her in the dark. Now, I'm goin' to Rosedale Take my rider by my side. Still barrelhouse But it's on the riverside, yeah. I know my baby Lord, I said Beware there's something wrong. I know my mama Lord, a brownskin But she ain't no plum ah-hah. See my baby, tell, Tell her hurry home. Ain't had no lovin' since My baby been gone yeah. See my baby, Tell her hurry on home. I ain't had no, my right mind Since my rider's been gone. Hey, gonna stay my, she's my rider. I wanna tell you she's my rider. Blow your mind, she's my rider. She ain't but sixteen but she's my rider. I'm goin'a Rosedale Take my rider by side. Anybody argue with me man I'll keep them Satisfied. Well, I See my baby, tell her, Tell her the shape I'm in. Ain't had no lovin', Lord since you know when. Ahhh yeah! My, my, my, my. Ah. Why don't you come in my kitchen? She's a kindhearted baby. She studies evil all the time. She's a kindhearted woman. Studies evil all the time. Squeeze my lemon 'Til the juice runs down my leg. Squeeze it so hard I fall right outa bed. Can you squeeze my lemon 'Til the juice runs down my leg? I wonder if you know what I'm talkin' about! Oh, well the way that you squeeze it girl, I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed. Ahh an' she's a good rider. Hey~yeah. She's my kindhearted baby. I wanna take my rider by my side yeah. I said her front teeth are lined with gold. She's got a mortgage on my body, Got a lien on my soul. She's my brownskin sugar plum. She makes me...

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Asked sweet mama, Let me be her kid She said, You might get hurt if you don't keep it hid

Well I know my baby, If I see her in the dark I said I know my rider, If I see her in the dark

Now, I goin' to Rosedale, Take my rider by my side Still barrelhouse, If it's on the riverside, yeah I know my baby, Lord, I said, is really sloppy drunk I know my mama, Lord, a brownskin, but she ain't no plum

See my baby, tell her, Tell her hurry home Had no lovin', since my baby been gone See my baby, Tell hurry on home I ain't had, Lord, my right mind, Since my rider's been gone

Hey, she promises, She's my rider I wanna tell you, She's my rider I know you're mine, She's my rider She ain't but sixteen, But she's my rider

I'm goin' to Rosedale, Take my rider by side Anybody argue with me man, I'll keep them satisfied Well, see my baby, tell her, Tell her the shape I'm in Ain't had no lovin', Lord, since you know when

Spoken: Why don't you come into my kitchen

She's a kindhearted lady. She studies evil all the time She's a kindhearted woman. She studies evil all the time

Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed Squeeze my lemon, 'til the juice runs down my leg

Spoken: I wonder if you know what I'm talkin' about

Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed

She's a good rider She's my kindhearted lady I'm gonna take my rider by my side I said her front teeth are lined with gold She's gotta mortgage on my body, got a lien on my soul She's my brownskin sugar plum...

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• This was written and originally recorded by blues great Robert Johnson. Led Zeppelin borrowed heavily from American blues music. , CA) >> Suggestion credit : Henric - San Diego (Vaxjo
• Led Zeppelin first played this for a BBC session in 1969, but the song was never released on an album. It was placed on the Box Set in 1990, and it was also made a bonus track on the Coda album for the Complete Studio Recordings. >> Suggestion credit : A.J. - Toledo, OH
• Jimmy Page used a 12-string acoustic guitar to play this song. >> Suggestion credit : Jordan - St. Louis, MO
• In the third verse, it sounds like Robert Plant mistakenly sings "My baby geen bone" instead of 'My baby been gone." >> Suggestion credit : Nate - Buffalo, NY
• The lyric, "I've had no lovin' since my baby been gone" came from B.B. King's "Woke Up This Morning (My Baby Was Gone)."
• To get the fast bass beats, John Bonham used "triplets" on the bass drum - he would use the tip of his toe. >> Suggestion credit : Thomas - Toronto, Canada, for above 2
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• Tyler W from Florida One small note, there were many blues musicians decades before BB King who used the line "I've had no lovin' since my baby been gone" and variations of it.
• Rick from Miami Please don't squeeze me lemon
• Stungem 75x from Lancaster, Pa Definitely, one of the sexiest songs Zepp ever did. Definitely, one of my top 5 favs. It’s like a slow driving machine. Givin it to ya and unstoppable.
• Louis from Drexel Hill, Pa Ahmet Ertegun once said that Plant knew every lyric to every song ever recorded. You can hear that on albums and recordings of live performances. The lyrics "...kind-hearted woman, studies evil all the time..." comes from the Robert Johnson song "Kind-Hearted Woman".
• Ray from Bonneville Salt Flats, Ut @- kenny, Minneapolis, MN. You've heard the lyrics correctly: "I AIN'T GOING TO STATE NO COLOR, BUT HER front teeth is crowned with gold." RJ was talkin about one of his black hoochie mamas, very possibly the woman about whom he wrote Love in Vain. John Hammond did a video/DVD thing in the late 70s and looked up some of the people who knew RJ....including the woman "Willie Mae", I think. When he played the song for her she burst into tears. Remember...he wrote these songs in a much different time that the one we live in now and taking it further, RJ lived in a microcosm of barrooms, brothels, juke joints and other high class establishments. His co-denizens of this blues world within the southern black world was...how to say it....pretty raw and sex, color and other subjects that would be taboo in out politically correct world were acceptable in that juke joint world.
• Josh from Champaign, Il Inviting a woman into the "kitchen" in this context is an allegory for inviting them in the bedroom to do some "cookin'" ;o) If you can't stand the heat...
• Lisa from Blountville , Tn I've got a kind hearted woman, / she studies evil all the time. / I've got a kind hearted woman, / she studies evil all the time. / You would do to quit me ... Robert Johnson Got no lien on my body. / Got no mortgage on my soul. / Got no lien on my body, baby. / Got no mortgage on my soul John Lee Hooker First time I heard this was on the box set .I thought well Zeppelin dug up some old stuff.This was back in the day before I started to collect Zeppelin bootlegs. I've heard the Clapton version...aahh it's ok. Zeppelin's version is far superior. Great slide from Jimmy.Robert belting out almost every well know blues line is so great you really felt as if in this song it was Zeppelin way of saying how much love and respect they have for the blues.
• David from Los Angeles , Ca This song is freakin' cool, if you like this song i suggest you listen to Jennings Farm Blues.
• Kenny from Minneapolis, Mn "Come On In My Kitchen" is explained by an excellent, very informative article on Wikipedia. On the liner notes of the Robert Johnson LP, the lyrics of "Travelling Riverside" are quoted as "I'm going to stay around Goldsboro, til my front teeth is crowned with gold." Listen to it. To my ear, he says, "I AIN'T GOING TO STATE NO COLOR, BUT HER front teeth is crowned with gold." Am I wrong? If I'm right, what does that lyric mean?? My only guess is so unbelievable, I'm afraid to say it.
• Oldpink from New Castle, In No wonder that opening guitar sounded so "jingle jangle!" Roger McGuinn probably gets a big smile whenever he hears this one. Great fun, and it's cool how Plant bellows out random delta blues lines.
• Ray from Bonneville Salt Flats, Ut An interesting experiment: Listen to RJ's original recording. Then listen to Eric Clapton's version. Finally listen to LZ's version. Clapton's lyrics are almost word-for-word with RJ's. LZ's is far, far away from the original and includes lines from so many Delta blues song as to leave yer head spinning. Having said that, I still love all 3 versions. The only criticism I have of LZ is that the electric guitar added to the acoustic 12-string sticks out like a sore thumb. It just doesn't belong there. Still, it's one of my favorite LZ songs and gets a lot of play in my car and at home via WinAmp.
• Peter Griffin from Quahog, Ri Nope, it's definitely "geen bone". How Zeppelin could have never recorded this song for an album is beyond me. It is FREAKING AWESOME.
• Smalls from Uniontown, Pa, Pa I could probably type all day about this song, if I wanted to, but I'll keep it short and sweet. This song is so f'n awesome that words alone do it no justice, go and listen to it.
• Jamey from Montgomery, Al Instead of 'My baby geen bone', I think the lyric was "Had no lovin' since my baby could ball,yeah".
• Jambi from T-town, Mi another one of jimmy's beautiful bluesy slide performances
• Peter Griffin from Quahog, Ri He does say "geen bone". He switched the vowels around.
• Peter Griffin from Quahog, Ri Same sexual innuendo as The Lemon Song, sung differently and worded slightly differently.
• Hanna from Trondheim, Norway Squeeze my lemon, yeah! :p Led Zeppelin rooccks.
• Michael from Lorain, Oh "Squeeze My lemon" Classic, one of my favorites. I cannot believe how my parents did not like me listening to singers like marilyn manson. The lyrics are the same to their music. The only difference is the meaning is laid between the lines. It is just the same as my parents parents not wanting them to listen to the begginings of Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll can never die. Guitars and drums are what got me this far. Peace, Mikey
• Kuriente from Binangonan, Other The quote, "Why don't you come in my kitchen?" is actually a Robert Johnson quote. Johnson being the one who originally wrote this song back in the 30's. The Zeppelin version of this song is actually quite different than the original and is more of a tribute to Johnson than a cover. "Why don't you come in my kitchen" comes from Johnson's "Come on in my kitchen." There are also some references to "Kind Hearted Woman Blues".
• Anonymous from , Wi Yes, we know what you're talking about, Robert... but what does he mean when he asks, "Why don't you come in my kitchen?" I feel like there's something I'm not getting here...

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