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

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,

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith, Bessie Smith

want to go Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond I packed all my clothes, throwed them in and they rowed me

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

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!

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?

Thinking Blues Bessie Smith

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 I wanna be Don't you hear me

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.

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

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

Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Bessie Smith

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 know Judge, judge, please mister judge, send me

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

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

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 me

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

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?

'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

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!

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!

Graveyard Dream Blues Bessie Smith

my head I dreamed last night that the man that I love was dead I went to the graveyard, fell down on my knees I went to the graveyard, fell down on my knees And I asked the gravedigger to give me

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

Shipwreck Blues Bessie Smith

captain, so your men'll know what to do When a woman gets dreary ain't no tellin' what she won't do It's cloudy outdoors as can be Oh it's cloudy as can be That's the time I need my good man with me

Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) Bessie Smith

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: "Come on back to me

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith

wonder where she wanna go Then they rowed a little boat about five miles cross the pond Then they rowed a little boat about five miles cross the pond I packed all my clothes, throwed 'em in and they rowed 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.

Careless Love Blues Bessie Smith

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 of desire You've made me

Careless Love Bessie Smith

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 of desire You've made me

Young Woman's Blues Bessie Smith

"I'm sorry, Jane, you got my goat No time to marry, no time to settle down" I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round Some people call me

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

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

Do Your Duty Bessie Smith

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 a duck Do your duty I heard you said you didn't love me

Alexander's Ragtime Band Bessie Smith

the best band in the land They can play a bugle call Like you never heard before So 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

Boweavil Blues Bessie Smith

long time For to sing this song, to ease boweavil's troublin' 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

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

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

At The Christmas Ball Bessie Smith

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

The Yellow Dog Blues Bessie Smith

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 All day the phone rings, it's not for me

Keep It To Yourself Bessie Smith

Cause it's yours If your man is full of action Givin' you lots of satisfaction Oh yes, keep it to yourself If you gotta have a kiss and a sweet Makes me week way down in my knees Oh yes, keep

Baby Won't You Please Come Home Bessie Smith

please come home Baby won't you please come home I have tried in vain Ever more to call your name When you left you broke my heart That will never make us part Every hour in the day You will hear me

You've Been A Good Ole Wagon Bessie Smith

that wagon pay When you were in your prime : you loved to run around You've been a good old wagon : honey but you done broke down There's no need to cry : and make a big joke This man has taught me

Baby Doll Bessie Smith

they call the Cuban Doll, It weren't your mama's angel child I went to see the doctor the other day, he said I's well as well could be But I said, "Doctor, you don't know really what's worrying me

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

knows you when you down and out I mean when you down and out Mmmmm, when you're down and out, Mmmmm, not one penny And my friends I haven't any, Mmmmm, well I felt so low Nobody wants me

Devil's Gonna Git You Bessie Smith

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, get in my bed And turn your back on me

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

Guitar Boogie Arthur Smith

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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 tal...