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Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya Lyrics

They call me, Dr. John, known as The Night Tripper
My satchel of Gris-Gris is in my hand
Day be trippin' up, back down the bayou
I'm the last of the best
They call me the Gris-Gris man
Got many clients
Come from miles around
Running down my prescription
I got my medicine, to cure all your ills
I got remedies of every description

I Got
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya)
Hey Now
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya)
Hey Now

If you got love trouble, got a bad woman you can't control
I got just the thing for you
Something called controllin' hearts
& get together drops.
If you work to hard and you need a little rest
Try my Easy Life Rub
And put some o' my Boss Fix Jam in your breakfast.

Try a little bit o'
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)
Hey Now
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)

They call me, Dr. John
Known as the Night Tripper
Satchel of Gris-Gris in my hand
Day trippin' up, Back down the bayou
I'm the last of the best
They call me the Gris-Gris man

Sellin'
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)
Mm
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)
Mm Mm Mm

Some War Water if your neighbors give you trouble
Put your buisness in the street
Seal a Jew in my whole car
If it wont be beat
Try my Dragon Blood
My Drawn Powder
My Sacred Sand
Have a little Black Cat Oil if your woman got another man

So easy does it as you put it in the palm of your hand

(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)
Put on a woman's feet
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)
Mumble
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)
No, no, no
(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)
Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
Hey Now..

(Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya)
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i think the second line is:

"got my satchel of gris-gris in my hand"

i never knew what gris-gris was until my cousin (who graduated from grambling in new orleans) let me know it referred to voodoo fetishes, dolls, herbs, etc.

i love this song, and dr. john.

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The second verse should be as follows:

"If you got love trouble, got a bad woman you can't control I got just the thing for you Something called Controlling Oil and some Get Together Drops. If you work to hard and you need a little rest, Try my Easy Life Rub or put some of my Boss-Fix Jam in your breakfast."

Gris-gris, Controlling Oil, Black Cat Oil, Boss-Fix, War Water; these are all known Hoodoo remedies. You can find a lot of these things here: http://www.luckymojo.com/blackcat.html

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Also, "Bayou", not "by you".

Cover art for Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya lyrics by Dr. John

"Try a little black cat oil if your womasn's got another man" Some war water if your neighbors give you trouble put your business in the street"

"Try some Dragon BVlood my Drawn Powder and my Sacred Sand.."

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Notice how all these lyrics sites just lazily copy everything including mistakes of whatever site they see first?