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

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,

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

Preachin' The Blues Bessie Smith

to me I've been in love for the last six months and ain't done worrying yet Moan'em blues, holler them blues Let me convert your soul 'Cause just a little spirit of the blues tonight Let me

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

St. Louis Blues (성 루이 블루스) Bessie Smith

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,?

St. Louis Blues (세인트 루이스 블루스) Bessie Smith

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,?

The St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

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."

Boweavil Blues Bessie Smith

Boweavil Blues Hey boweavil don't bring them blues no 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

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

Me And My Gin Bessie Smith

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. Any bootlegger sure is a pal of mine.

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith, Bessie Smith

turn dark as night Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door There's been

Thinking Blues Bessie Smith

Thinking Blues Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind? Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind?

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

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?

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?

At The Christmas Ball Bessie Smith

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

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:

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

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

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

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?

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

Pickpocket Blues Bessie Smith

someone else would take the blame Now I can see it all come home to me I'm sittin' in the jailhouse now I mean, I'm in the jailhouse now I done stop runnin' around with this one And these good

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

Shipwreck Blues Bessie Smith

and I'm so worried in heart Oh the best of friends sho' has got to part Blow your whistle captain, so your men'll know what to do Blow your whistle captain, so your men'll know what to do When a

Graveyard Dream Blues Bessie Smith

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 back my real good

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,

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

Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith

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

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

Downhearted Blues Bessie Smith

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

Poor Man's Blues Bessie Smith

Mister rich-man, rich-man, open up your heart and mind Mister rich-man, rich-man, open up your heart and mind Give the poor man a chance, help stop these hard, hard times While you're livin' in

Guitar Boogie Arthur Smith

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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

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

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

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

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

Foolish Man Blues Bessie Smith

Men sure is 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

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

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