Big Mama Thornton - Big Mama's Coming

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{Verse 1}
Told you that I loved you
Baby boy, I left
If you got a woman
Put her up on your shelf

{Chorus}
And I'm comin' home
Yes, I'm on my way
You know I love you, baby
A-Big Mama's comin' home

{Verse 2}
Know I told you I loved you
I'm not gonna tell you no lies
Yes, baby, you cheatin' on me
Make up your mind or die

{Chorus}
Now I'm comin' home
Yes, I'm on my way
You know I love you, baby
A-Big Mama's comin' home

{Post-Chorus}
Yes, I'm on my way
Yes, I'm on my way
Yes, I'm on my way
I'm comin' home to stay

{Verse 3}
Tell you one thing, baby
I'm not gonna tell you no more
Yes, if you cheatin' on me
One of us got to go

{Chorus}
Now I'm comin' home
Yes, I'm on my way
You know I love you, baby
A-Big Mama's comin' home

{Outro}
You know I love you, baby
A-Big Mama's comin' home
You know I love you, baby
A-Big Mama's comin' home
Yes, I'm on my way
Yes, I'm on my way

Release Date: January 01, 1990

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"Big Mama's Coming" is a soulful blues song by Big Mama Thornton that showcases her powerful vocals and commanding presence. The lyrics speak of love, betrayal, and loyalty, with Big Mama declaring her intentions to return home to her lover despite any obstacles in her way. The chorus reinforces her determination to come back and make things right, while the post-chorus emphasizes her commitment to staying true to her word. The song builds to a climactic final verse, where Big Mama lays down the ultimatum that someone must leave if there is infidelity. The outro leaves a lasting impression, with Big Mama affirming her love and her imminent return home. Overall, "Big Mama's Coming" is a bold and passionate declaration of love and loyalty from a legendary blues singer.

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Big Mama Thornton was a distinctive, powerful jump blues singer who, along with many others, had her songs “borrowed” and sanitized by “rock and roll” singers considered safer, by the establishment, for white teens, than the “colored” boogie-woogie those kids loved.

Her hit Hound Dog, about a worthless layabout of a man, was weirdly turned into a song about an actual dog, by Elvis Presley, who probably didn’t want to sing about men who only wanted him for sex and money.

Initially discouraged about that sort of hijacking of her music by the likes of Janis Joplin and Elvis (“I have no idea what that rabbit business is all about. The song is not about a dog, it’s about a man, a freeloading gigolo”), she reached another peak of success years later, recording blues albums with some of the top performers of that genre like guitar gods Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters.