There are a lot of lyrical variations to this song:
I think
Lightning Hopkins version is my favorite....
Bob Wier of the
Grateful Dead sang it this way:
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C C Rider, see what you have done
C C Rider, see what you have done
You made me love you, now your man done gone
Well I'm goin' away baby, and I won't be back till fall
Well I'm goin' away baby, and I won't be back till fall
Well if I find me a good girl,
I might not be back at all
Well now C, C C Rider, see now the
moon is shining bright
Well now C, C C Rider, see now the moon is shining bright
Just might find me that
good girl and everything would be alright
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Pig Pen also of
the Dead sang it this way:
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C C Rider, see what you have done
C C Rider, see what you have done
Made me love you, now your man done come
I'm gonna buy me a
pistol, long as I am tall
I'm gonna buy me a pistol,
long as I am tall
I'm gonna kill that woman, catch that old
cannonball
I'm gonna leave on
Wednesday, won't be back till
Saturday night
I'm gonna leave on Wednesday, won't be back till Saturday night
And if my women don't treat me right,
I won't be back at all
C C Rider, where you been all night?
C C Rider, where you been all night?
Well
your head's all messed up and your pants don't fit you right
And now mamma, I can't stand it no more
And now mamma, I can't stand it no more
I get so strange peeking through the
keyhole in your door
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Spencer Davis sang it this way when he joined the Dead on stage 10 December 1989:
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Easy rider, see what you done done
Easy rider, see what you done done
You made me love you, and now your man done come
Well I'm goin' away honey, and I won't be back till fall
I'm goin' away, I won't be back till fall
I don't want to see you round my door at all
I wish I was a
catfish, swimming in
the deep blue sea
I wish I was a catfish, swimming in the deep blue sea
I'd keep on swimming, to keep your tricks rom me
Easy rider, see what you done done
Easy rider, see what you done done
You made me love you, and now your man done come