"I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" is a song originally written and recorded by blues musician Robert Johnson in 1936. The Peter Green Splinter Group covered the song in 2000. The lyrics depict a narrator who has been mistreated by his girlfriend, who has been involved with other men in different towns. The narrator decides to take action by getting up in the morning and "dust his broom," which is a metaphor for leaving and moving on from the relationship. He plans to write a letter and call different towns to find his girlfriend, implying that he wants to confront her about her infidelity. The narrator expresses his frustration towards his girlfriend, referring to her as a "no good donkey" who shouldn't be allowed on the street. He believes that she only wants to be with multiple men she meets downtown. In the end, the narrator decides to go back home, where he believes he won't be mistreated. The mention of calling China and the Philippines is metaphorical, suggesting that the narrator is willing to go to great lengths to find his girlfriend, even if she is in faraway places. The line about Ethiopia implies that the girlfriend might be anywhere but where the narrator expects her to be. Overall, "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" is a blues song about a man's dissatisfaction with his unfaithful girlfriend and his determination to move on and find someone better.
