See If I'll Care Bessie Smith

You say that you leavin' ant that you going away But before you leave, dear, please let me have my say I know that you feel good now with nothin' on your mind But just mark my words, dear, there'll

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,

'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

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?

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Bessie Smith

Once I lived the life of a millionaire, Spending my money, I didn't care I carried my friends out for a good time, Buying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine Then I began to fall so low, I

St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate to see that evening sun go down 'Cause my lovin' baby done left this town If I feel tomorrow like I feel today If I feel tomorrow like I feel today

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:

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

Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) I had a 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

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 while

Wasted Life Blues Bessie Smith

I've lived a life but nothin' I've gained Each day I'm full of sorrow and pain No one seems to care enough for poor me, To give me a word of sympathy Oh, me! Oh, me!

Guitar Boogie Arthur Smith

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St. Louis Blues (성 루이 블루스) Bessie Smith

I hate to see de evenin' sun go down,? Hate to see de evenin' sun go down 'Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town. Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today,? Feel tomorrow like I feel today,?

St. Louis Blues (세인트 루이스 블루스) Bessie Smith

I hate to see de evenin' sun go down,? Hate to see de evenin' sun go down 'Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town. Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today,? Feel tomorrow like I feel today,?

The St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

I hate to see de evenin' sun go down, Hate to see de evenin' sun go down 'Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town.

Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Bessie Smith

Judge you wanna hear my plea, before you open up your court But I don't want no sympathy, 'cause I done cut my good man's throat I caught him with a trifling Jane, I warned him 'bout before I

Do Your Duty Bessie Smith

If I cal three times a day baby Come and drive my blue away When you come, be ready to play Do your duty If you want to have some love Give your baby your last buck Don't come quackin' like

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 place

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

Pickpocket Blues Bessie Smith

My best man, my best friend, Told me to stop peddlin' gin 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

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 wonder

Worried Life Blues Bessie Smith

Worried Life Blues I lived a life but nothing I've gained Each day I'm full of sorrow and pain No one seems enough for poor me To give me a word of sympathy Oh me, oh my Wonder what will the

Ain't No More Cane 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,

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 kiss

Me And My Gin Bessie Smith

If this place gets raided, it's just me and my gin. Don't try me nobody, oh, you will never win. Don't try me nobody 'cause you will never win. I'll fight the army, navy just me and my gin.

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', can't

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

Baby Doll Bessie Smith

Honey, there's a funny feeling 'round my heart, And it's bound to drive your mama wild It must be something they call the Cuban Doll, It weren't your mama's angel child I went to see the doctor

Baby Won't You Please Come Home Bessie Smith

(Clarence Williams / 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

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

Young Woman's Blues Bessie Smith

round I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round Some people call me a hobo, some call me a bum Nobody knows my name, nobody knows what I've done I'm as good as any woman in your town I

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

At The Christmas Ball Bessie Smith

"""Hey Bessie it's Christmas here"" Here! Here!

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 blues"

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

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?

Poor Man's Blues Bessie Smith

times means While you're livin' in your mansion you don't know what hard times means Poor working man's wife is starvin', your wife is livin' like a queen Please, listen to my pleading, 'cause I

Alexander's Ragtime Band Bessie Smith

natural that you want to go to war That's just the bestest band what am, Honey Lamb Come on along, come on along Let me take you by the hand Up to the man, up to the man Who's the leader of the band And if

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,

Boweavil Blues Bessie Smith

Boweavil's here, boweavil's everywhere you go I'm a lone boweavil, been out a great long time I'm a lone boweavil, been out a great long time For to sing this song, to ease boweavil's troublin' mind I

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

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith

When it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night When it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night I woke up this mornin', can't even

Chicago Bound Blues Bessie Smith

Chicago Bound Blues Late last night, I sold away and cried Late last night, I sold away and cried Had the blues for Chicago, I just can't be satisfied Blues on my brain, my tongue refused to

Foolish Man Blues Bessie Smith

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 things got me puzzled, there's two things I

Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) Bessie Smith

I woke up this morning with a awful aching head I woke up this morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bedBought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could

Empty Bed Blues (Part 2) Bessie Smith

I woke up this morning with a awful aching head I woke up this morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bedBought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could

Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith

I'm so disgusted heart-broken, too I've got those down-hearted blues Once I was crazy 'bout a man he mistreated me all the time The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine!

Empty Bed Blues Bessie Smith

Empty Bed Blues I woke up this morning with a awful aching head I woke up this morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bed Bought me a coffee grinder

New Orleans Hop Scop Blues Bessie Smith

Hmm I can never git tired of dancin' those Hop Scop Blues Once more you glide, slide, prance, dance The Hop Scop Blues will make you do a lovely shake They'll make you feel so grand when you join

Downhearted Blues Bessie Smith

I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too; I've got those down-hearted blues; Once I was crazy 'bout a man; he mistreated me all the time, The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine!

Devil's Gonna Git You Bessie Smith

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, get in my bed And turn your back on me Oh the devil's gonna git you I