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The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.
St. Louis Blues (1929)
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,
I'll pack my trunk, make ma git away.
Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings
Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings.
'Twant for powder an' for store-bought hair,
De man ah love would not gone nowhere, nowhere.
Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.
That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.
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.
Been to de gypsy to get ma fortune tole,
To de gypsy, done got ma fortune tole,
Cause I'm most wile 'bout ma Jelly Roll.
Gypsy done tole me, "Don't you wear no black."
Yes, she done told me, "Don't you wear no black.
Go to Saint Louis, you can win him back."
Help me to Cairo, make Saint Louis by maself,
Git to Cairo, find ma old friend Jeff,
Gwine to pin maself close to his side;
If ah flag his train, I sho' can ride.
Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.
That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!
I loves day man lak a sch
I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.
There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.
Listen to my story and everything will come out true
I need a little sugar in my bowl and a little hot dog in my roll.
It's a long road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.
No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.
I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.
It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.
When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.
