Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Bessie Smith

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 here I wanna take a journey, to the devil down

Send Me to the 'lectric Chair David Bromberg

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 here I wanna take a journey To the devil down below I done

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,

Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Hugh Laurie

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 here I wanna take a journey To the devil down below I done killed

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

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

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"

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

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

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?

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

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,

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

The St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

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!

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

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!

St. Louis Blues (성 루이 블루스) Bessie Smith

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,?

St. Louis Blues (세인트 루이스 블루스) Bessie Smith

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,?

Empty Bed Blues Bessie Smith

that's the best one I could find Bought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find Oh he could grind my coffee, cause he had a brand new grind He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't

Alexander's Ragtime Band Bessie Smith

"Come on 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

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:

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

'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

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

At The Christmas Ball Bessie Smith

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

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?

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

Now won't you listen dearie while I say, How could you tell me that you're goin' away?

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.

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

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

Devil's Gonna Git You Bessie Smith

It's a long, long lane that has no turning And it's a fire that always keeps on burning Mister devil down below Pitchfork in his hand And that's where you are going to go Do you understand?

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

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

Careless Love Blues Bessie Smith

"Love, oh love, oh careless love You've fly through my head like wine You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl And you nearly spoiled this life of mine Love, oh love, oh careless love In your clutches

Careless Love Bessie Smith

Love, oh love, oh careless love You've fly through my head like wine You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl And you nearly spoiled this life of mine Love, oh love, oh careless love In your clutches

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

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 to

Foolish Man Blues Bessie Smith

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 things got me

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

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

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

Cake Walkin' Babies From Home Bessie Smith

Talk of the town, teasin' brown pickin' 'em up and layin' 'em down Dancin' fools ain't they demonstratin'?