Conjure Woman - Tony Joe White

On a very hot and moonlit night

In the glow of a campfire

An old woman was mumblin' strange words

And the flame was jumpin' higher

Lawd, Lawd, Lawd she cried

If only I had a piece of a bad sign

Some people called her a conjure woman

It was said she cast a bad spell

Others said she was a witch

She’d chunk you in a deep dark well

All along the river

You could hear her soulful howl

If only I had the tongue of a hoot owl

Conjure woman, conjure woman

Conjure woman don’t put no spell on me

Conjure woman stay away from me

Mmm, mmm, uh

She cried out in anguish

In the swamp where she stayed so long

And clutched the moss to her barren BReast

Her need for company was strong

Lawd, Lawd, Lawd she said

If only I had the tooth of a crawdad

Conjure woman, conjure woman, conjure woman

Conjure woman, conjure woman, conjure woman

Conjure wohuhu, conjure woman

Lord, don’t you put no bad spell on me!