Cake Walkin' Babies From Home Bessie Smith

Cake walkers may come, cake walkers may go, but I wanna tell you 'bout a couple I know High steppin' pair, Debonair When it comes for bus'ness not a soul can compare Here they come, look at 'em, demonstratin

Bessie Smith Bob Dylan

Bessie was more than just a friend of mine We shared the good times with the bad Now many a year has passed me by I still recall the best thing I ever had I'm just goin' down the road t' see Bessie Oh,

Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) Bessie Smith

man for fifteen years Give him his room and board Once he was like a Cadillac Now he's like an old worn out Ford He never brought me a lousy dime And put it in my hand So there'll be some changes from

Empty Bed Blues (Part 2) Bessie Smith

thrills me night and day He's got a new way of loving, almost takes my breath awayLord he's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou He's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou From

Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) Bessie Smith

thrills me night and day He's got a new way of loving, almost takes my breath awayLord he's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou He's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou From

Careless Love Blues Bessie Smith

your clutches of desire You've made me break a many true vow Then you set my very soul on fire Love, oh love, oh careless love All my happiness bereft You've filled my heart with weary old blues Now I'm walkin

Careless Love Bessie Smith

your clutches of desire You've made me break a many true vow Then you set my very soul on fire Love, oh love, oh careless love All my happiness bereft You've filled my heart with weary old blues Now I'm walkin

Baby Won't You Please Come Home Bessie Smith

Charles Warfield) I've got the blues, I feel so lonely I'll give the world if I could only Make you understand It surely would be grand I'm gonna telephone my baby Ask him won't you please come home

Empty Bed Blues Bessie Smith

night and day He's got a new way of loving, almost takes my breath away Lord he's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou He's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou From

Devil's Gonna Git You Bessie Smith

git you Man, just as sure as you's bornDevil's gonna git you, Devil's gonna git you, Oh, the devil's gonna git you, The way you're carryin' onYou go away, stay for weeks On your doggone spree Come back home

Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) Bessie Smith

Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore Headed homebound just once more To my Mississippi delta home Southland has that grand garden spot Although you believe or not I hear those breeze a-whispering:

Chicago Bound Blues Bessie Smith

engineer Lord mean old fireman, cruel old engineer You took my man and left his mama standing here Big red headline, tomorrow Defender news Big red headline, tomorrow Defender news "Woman dead down home

Pickpocket Blues Bessie Smith

They even told me to keep my hands Out people's pocket where their money was in But I wouldn't listen or have any shame, 'long as someone else would take the blame Now I can see it all come home

Boweavil Blues Bessie Smith

mind I don't want no sugar put into my tea I don't want no sugar put into my tea The mens are so evil, I'm scared they might poison me I went downtown I bought myself a hat I brought it back home

Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith

men in my life My father, my brother the man that wrecked my life It may be a week it may be a month or two It may be a week it may be a month or two But the day you quit me honey it's comin' home

Downhearted Blues Bessie Smith

men in my life: My father, my brother, the man that wrecked my life.It may be a week, it may be a month or two, It may be a week, it may be a month or two, But the day you quit me, honey, it's comin' home

The Yellow Dog Blues Bessie Smith

night and morn She's wonderin' where her Easy rider's gone Cablegrams goes off in inquiry Telegrams goes off in sympathy Letters came from down in Bam Everywhere that Uncle Sam Is the ruler of delivery

Do Your Duty Bessie Smith

come quackin' like a duck Do your duty I heard you said you didn't love me, baby Dowm at I don't believe a word she said She's the lyinest woman in town Oh babe, when I need attention at home

Me And My Gin Bessie Smith

"Stay away from me 'cause I'm in my sin. Stay away from me 'cause I'm in my sin. If this place gets raided, it's just me and my gin. Don't try me nobody, oh, you will never win.

St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

Louis blues just as blue as I can be Oh, my man's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me

St. Louis Blues (성 루이 블루스) Bessie Smith

Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it! I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,? Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.? I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

St. Louis Blues (세인트 루이스 블루스) Bessie Smith

Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it! I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,? Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.? I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

The St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it! I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie, Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye. I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

Wasted Life Blues Bessie Smith

I've traveled and wandered almost everywhere To git a little joy from life Still I've gained nothin' but wars and despairs Still strugglin' in this world of strife Oh, me! Oh, me!

Thinking Blues Bessie Smith

Have you got the nerve to drive me from your door? Have you got the nerve to say thay you don't want me no more? Have you got the nerve to say thay you don't want me no more?

You've Been A Good Ole Wagon Bessie Smith

I want to tell you please get out of my sight I'm playing quits now : right from this very night You've have your day : don't stand around and frown You've been a good old wagon : daddy but you done

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith, Bessie Smith

When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night I woke up this mornin', c...

Worried Life Blues Bessie Smith

lie But I'm forgettin' it all in vain Oh me, oh my Wonder what will the end be Oh me, oh my Wonder what will become of poor me I've travelled and wandered almost everywhere To get a little joy from

Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Bessie Smith

him 'bout before I had my knife and went insane, and the rest you ought to know Judge, judge, please mister judge, send me to the 'lectric chair Judge, judge, good mister judge, let me go away from

Stone For Bessie Smith Dory Previn

isn't it amazing shakes you to the bone she bought a stone for bessie smith she bought bessie smith a stone she got it for her grave-site on a temporary loan but she forgot she had not paid for her own

Guitar Boogie Arthur Smith

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Keep It To Yourself Bessie Smith

Keep It To Yourself If your man is nice and sweet Serving you lots of young pigmeat Oh yes, keep it to yourself If you know you are standing fast Got him worried where you at Oh yes, keep it to ...

Oh Daddy Blues Bessie Smith

Oh Daddy Blues Just like a flower I am fading away The doctor call to see me most every day But he don't do me no good, why? Because I'm lonesome for you And if you care for me Then you will list...

Shipwreck Blues Bessie Smith

Shipwreck Blues Captain, tell your men to get on board I sure see 'em just pull into another shore I'm dreary in mind and I'm so worried in heart Oh the best of friends sho' has got to part Blo...

Graveyard Dream Blues Bessie Smith

Graveyard Dream Blues Blues on my mind, blues all around my head Blues on my mind, and blues all around my head I dreamed last night that the man that I love was dead I went to the graveyard, fe...

Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl Bessie Smith

Tired of bein' lonely, tired of bein' blue I wished I had some good man, to tell my troubles to Seem like the whole world's wrong Since my man's been gone I need a little sugar in my bowl I need a ...

'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do Bessie Smith

There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say That folks don't criticize me But I'm goin' to, do just as I want to anyway And don't care if they all despise meIf I should take a notion To jump...

Squeeze Me Bessie Smith

Daddy, you've been doggone sweet on me, daddy, you the only one I see You know I need but you 'cause you my man, you can love me like no one can Something 'bout you I can't resist, and when you k...

Baby Doll Bessie Smith

jack I want to be somebody's baby doll so I can get my lovin' all the time, I mean to get my lovin' all the time Lord, I went to the gypsy to get my fortune told, She said you in hard luck, Bessie

Lost Your Head Blues Bessie Smith

I was with you, baby, when you didn't have a dime I was with you, baby, when you didn't have a dime Now since you got a lot of money, you have thrown a good gal down Once ain't for always and ...

Hard Time Blues Bessie Smith

My man said he didn't want me I'm getting tired of his dirty ways I'm going to see another brown I'm packin' my clothes I'm leavin' town, getting outdoors Lettin' him know and he'll see a hard...

Young Woman's Blues Bessie Smith

Woke up this mornin' when chickens was crowin' for day Felt on the right side of my pilla', my man gad gone away By this pilla' he left a note readin', "I'm sorry, Jane, you got my goat No time ...

Preachin' The Blues Bessie Smith

Down in Atlanta, GA, under the viaduct ev'ry day, drinking corn and hollerin' hooray Pianos playing till the break of day But as I turned my head, I loudly said, "Preach 'em blues, sing them blue...

After You've Gone Bessie Smith

Now won't you listen dearie while I say, How could you tell me that you're goin' away? Don't say that we must part, don't break my aching heart You know I've loved you truly many years, loved yo...

Mean Old Bedbug Blues Bessie Smith

Gals, bed bugs sure is evil, they don't mean me no good Yeah, bed bug sure is evil, they don't mean me no good Thinks he's a woodpecker and I'm a chunk of wood When I lay down at night, I wond...

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Bessie Smith

My heart's sad and I am all forlorn, my man's treating me mean I regret the day that I was born and that man of mine I've ever seen Happiness, it never lasts a day, my heart is almost breaking wh...

Foolish Man Blues Bessie Smith

Men sure is deceitful and they's gettin' worser ev'ry day Men sure is deceitful and they's gettin' worser ev'ry day Act like a bunch of women, they's just-a gab, gab, gabbin' away There's two ...

Standin' In The Rain Blues Bessie Smith

Standin' in the rain and ain't a drop fell on me Standin' in the rain and ain't a drop fell on me My clothes is all wet but my flesh is as dry as can be It can rain all day, I ain't got no pla...

Poor Man's Blues Bessie Smith

Mister rich-man, rich-man, open up your heart and mind Mister rich-man, rich-man, open up your heart and mind Give the poor man a chance, help stop these hard, hard times While you're livin' i...

You've Got To Give Me Some Bessie Smith

Loving is the thing I crave For your love I'll be your slave You gotta give me some, yes give me some Can't you hear me pleading, you gotta give me some Said mister Jones to old butcher Pete,...