"Blues Jumped the Rabbit" is a blues song. Early variations on the song include Blind Lemon Jefferson's 1926 song "Rabbit Foot Blues" and Jimmie Noone And His New Orleans Band's 1927 song "The Blues Jumped A Rabbit". The Allen Brothers (American duo) song "Shanghai Rooster Blues," recorded for RCA Victor Company, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee on June 5, 1930,[1] contains the lyrics:
The song was recorded by Big Joe Turner in April, 1950 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Turner is backed by Dave Bartholomew's band, with Fats Domino on piano.[2]
A different song with the same title is a track on the album Cotton Eyed Joe recorded by Karen Dalton in 1962. A slightly altered version called "Blues Chase up a Rabbit" was recorded by Judy Henske in 1964. Both versions contain variations of the lyrics:
Another variation of these lyrics appeared in The Grateful Dead's version of traditional blues song "I Know You Rider" which they first performed in 1965.[3]
Karen Dalton's "Blues Jumped the Rabbit" also contains the lyrics:
They also appear in Taj Mahal's song "Good Morning Miss Brown" on his 1968 album The Natch'l Blues.[4]