High Fever Blues
 

I'm taken down with the fever : and it won't let me sleep
It was about three o'clock : before he could let me be

I wish somebody : would come and drive my fever away
This fever I'm having : sure is in my way

The fever I'm having : sure is hard on a man
They don't allow my lover : come and shake my hand

Doctor get your fever gauge : and put it under my tongue
Doctor says all you need : your lover in your arms

I wants my lover : come and drive my fever away
Doctor said she do me more good in a day : than he would in all of his days