get one's habits on/get beside oneself

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:22 AM -0400 7/25/05, Wilson Gray wrote:
>Except for the line in song by Willie Mabon, I've never heard it used
>except by other black Texans. It reminds me of the somewhat similar
>situation with the hide-and-(go)-seek chant, "Last Night, Night
>Before." It again seems to be the case that a particular expression is
>known or used primarily by black Texans and black Tennesseans. As the
>blues line goes,
>
>"T" for "Texas" and "T" for "Tennessee"

Do you happen to know if the particular verse that starts this way
and goes on to "T for Thelma, the gal who made a fool out of me"
originally from Jimmie (The Singing Brakeman) Rodgers, or an older
black traditional blues song?

Larry