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

Bessie Smith Bob Dylan

see her soon Goin' down the road t' see Bessie Smith When I get there I wonder what she'll do Now all the crazy things I had to try Well I tried them all and then some But if you're lucky one day you

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

And put it in my hand So there'll be some changes from now on According to my plan He's got to get it, bring it, and put it right here Or else he's gonna keep it out there If he must steal it,

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

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

At The Christmas Ball Bessie Smith

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

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

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

Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith

Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you!

Downhearted Blues Bessie Smith

Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you!

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

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

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

St. Louis Blues (성 루이 블루스) Bessie Smith

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,?

St. Louis Blues (세인트 루이스 블루스) Bessie Smith

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,?

The St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

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.

Boweavil Blues Bessie Smith

more Hey boweavil don't bring them blues no more 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

Empty Bed Blues (Part 2) Bessie Smith

had a brand new grindHe's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong He can stay at the bottom and his wind holds out so longHe knows how to

Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) Bessie Smith

had a brand new grindHe's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong He can stay at the bottom and his wind holds out so longHe knows how to

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

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,

Empty Bed Blues Bessie Smith

new grind He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong He can stay at the bottom and his wind holds out so long He knows how to

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:

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!

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

After You've Gone Bessie Smith

After you've gone, and left me crying After you've gone, there's no denying You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had There'll come a time, now don't forget it

'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

Lost Your Head Blues Bessie Smith

and two ain't for twice When you get a good gal, you'd better treat her nice When you were lonesome, I treated you kind When you were lonesome, I treated you kind But since you've got money, it

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

The Yellow Dog Blues Bessie Smith

Ever since Miss Susie Johnson Lost her jockey Lee There has been much excitement And more to be You can hear her moanin? Moanin?

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

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

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

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

Foolish Man Blues Bessie Smith

things got me puzzled, there's two things I can't stand There's two things got me puzzled, there's two things I can't stand A mannish actin' woman and a skippin' twistin' woman actin' man I used to

Poor Man's Blues Bessie Smith

don't know what hard 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

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

Me And My Gin Bessie Smith

'Cause a good ol' bottle o' gin will get it all the time. When I'm feeling high ain't nothing I won't do. When I'm feeling high ain't nothing I won't do.

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

New Orleans Hop Scop Blues Bessie Smith

Old New Orleans is a great big old southern town, where hospitality you will surely find The population there is very, very fair, with ev'rything they do White folks do it too, they have a dance surely

Guitar Boogie Arthur Smith

try Well i tried them all and then some But if you're lucky one day you find out Where it is you're really comin' from I'm just goin' down the road t' see bessie Oh, see her soon Goin' down the road t

See If I'll Care Bessie Smith

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 come a time I know you're gonna pay, you'll want me back someday To

Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Bessie Smith

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 had my knife and went insane, and the rest you ought to

Preachin' The Blues Bessie Smith

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" They certainly sound good to

Alexander's Ragtime Band Bessie Smith

and hear, come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band Come on and hear, come on and hear It's the best band in the land They can play a bugle call Like you never heard before So natural that you want to

Thinking Blues Bessie Smith

Thinking about someone who has treated you so nice and kind You'll get an old letter and you begin to read You'll get an old letter and you begin to read Got the blues so bad tell that man of mine

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?

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

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

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