Bessie Smith piosenki

My heart is sad and I'm all alone my man's treating me mean I regret the day that I was born And the man I ever seen My happiness is less today My heart is broke, that's why I say Lord, a good man is hard to find You always get another kind Just when...

Now listen honey while I say, How can you tell me that you're goin' away? Don't say that we must part, Don't break my aching heart You know I've loved you truly many years, loved you night and day How can you leave me, can't you see my tears? So, liste...

I know a triflin' man, they call him Triflin' Sam He lives in Birmingham, way down in Alabam' Then the other night he had a fight, with a gal named Mandy Brown She plainly stated he was aggravating, as she shouted out to him Aggravatin' papa, don't you...

Oh my honey Oh my honey You better hurry and let's go down there Ain't you goin'? Ain't you goin'? To that leaderman, ragged meter man Oh honey Oh honey Let me take you to Alexander's Grand stand brass band Ain't you coming along? Come on and hear Come on an...

My man ain't acting right, he stays out late at night And still he says he loves no one but me But if I find that gal, that tries to steal my pal I'll get her told, just you wait and see I feel blue, I don't know what to do Every woman in my fix is bound...

Hey Bessie it's Christmas here Here! Here! Hurray for Christmas Christmas comes but once a year, and to me it brings good cheer, and to everyone who likes wine and beer Happy New Year is after that, happy I'll be, that is a fact That is why I like to hear...

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 the other day, he said I's well as well could be But I said,...

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 you please come home 'Cause when you're gone, I'm worried all day long Baby won't you please...

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 even get out of my door I woke up this mornin', can't even get...

Minnie Neal down in Beale , gave her papa the air Left him cold, got him told, said she didn't care Poor Joe, her beau, looked just like he would die If you were near him, you would hear him, start his mournful cry Beale Street papa, why don't you come b...

Out in Black Mountain a child will smack your face I'm saying out on Black Mountain a child will smack your face The babies cry for liquor, and all the birds sing bass Well, those people in Black Mountain are mean as they can be And those people in Black Moun...

When you're sad and lonely Thinking about you only Feeling disgusted and blue Ah, your heart is aching Yes, it's almost breaking No one to tell your troubles to That's the time you'll hang your head, And begin to cry All your friends forsake you, Trou...

Blue, blue, I got a tale to tell you, I'm blue Something comes over me, daddy, and I'm blue about you Listen to my story, and ev'rything'll come out true When your man is gone, your rent is all due, he's not coming back, you know he's all thru You weep an...

Had a dream last night That I was dead Had a dream last night That I was dead Evil spirits All around my bed The devil came And grabbed my hand The devil came And grabbed my hand Took me way down To that red hot land Mean blues spirits Stuck their forks in...

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 time I'm a lone boweavil, been out a great long time For to sing this song, to...

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', goin' some, ain't they syncopatin'? Talk of...

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 of desire You've made me break a many true vow Then you...

Folks, I know a gal named Cemetery Lize, down in Tennessee She has got a pair of mean old graveyard eyes, full of misery Every night and day, you can hear her sing a blues away I'm going down to the cemetery 'cause the world is all wrong I'm going down to...

I know a fool who blows a horn He comes from way down south You never heard such blowin' since you was born When he puts that trombone to his mouth He cries and moans, he grunts and groans He sounds just like a cow Ain't no one doin' his stuff 'Cause he...

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 talk Blues on my brain, my tongue refused to talk I was followin' my daddy but my fe...