Leroy Carr

Did you ever go down : on the Mobile and K C line I just want to ask you : did you ever see that girl of mine I rode the Central : and I hustled the L and N The Alabama women : they live like section men Don't cry baby : your papa will be home some day I've...

My woman so lowdown : she barrelhouse all the time She's low and squatty : but I love that girl of mine When she gets up in the morning : she starts to drink her corn Every time I think of that woman : I wished I had never been born She struts around all d...

Big Four blowed this morning : at the break of day And it sounds so lonesome : because it taken my baby away Big Four Big Four : won't you please turn your train around Because here I sit all down and out : with my head hung down I tried to be as good to t...

I had the blues before sunrise : with tears standing in my eyes It's such a miserable feeling : a feeling I do despise Seems like everybody : everybody's down on me I'm going to cast my troubles : down in the deep blue sea Today have been : such a long old...

Come on boy : let's go down on Tenth Street Some of the prettiest women down there : that you ever did meet Now down on Smith Street : where you get your rocking rye Boy that's what I'm talking about : and I ain't talking no lie Now I'm got a gal : she's s...

Minutes seem like hours : and hours seem like years Since I've had these blues : I just can't keep from shedding tears I'm going to tell everybody : what my good gal done to me one day She put me out and broke my heart : just to pass the time away Now I ai...

Now I love my good corn liquor : and I really mean I do Now I don't care who knows it : and I really mean that too Now I've been drinking my good corn liquor : I mean don't no one get rough Now I try to treat everybody right : but I mean don't start no stu...

She ain't good‑looking : but the good gal do go clean And I'm crazy about my baby : though she is so mean My gal got arrested : and they put her in the county jail They fined her eleven twenty‑nine : and they even allowed her no bail Now I'm going to see tha...

You evil‑hearted woman : you got a heart like a stone You don't mean me no good : so I leave you alone You used to be sweet : but you ain't sweet no more You want to leave me alone : and stay away from my door You're just like a rattler : you always ready to...

I'm a 'fore‑day rider mama : riding all night long Anywhere I come mama : I sing my worried song Now I'm going to leave you mama : we can't get along Going to let you go mama : and sing my worried song I won't carry nobody mama : I'm riding by myself Because...

Woke up my baby : come my love Unlock the door : the sky's above Are leaking : on your bed Papa's in the rain : getting all wet Getting all wet : getting all wet And if I die : you will regret Papa had : no place to go You got a nice warm room : and so Sha...

Women if you got a good man : give him three good meals every day If you don't : some other woman is going to tow your man away I've got so many women : that I don't care when one dies I don't even weep : I don't even cry Some men crave high yellow : but gi...

I'm a hard‑hearted papa : there's nothing pleases me I've had to be good long enough : now I'm going to be mean as I can be I don't even like what I drink : my food don't taste right at all And a lowdown no‑good woman : is the cause of it all When I tried...

Nights so lonesome : and the days so long Ain't had no loving : since you been gone If you see my baby : tell her to hurry home Ain't had no mmm : since she has been gone You put the puppies on my mama : you drove me crazy too You done made me love you : wha...

How long babe how long has that evenin’ train been gone? How long, how-how long, baby how long? Went and asked at the station: ‘why’s my baby leavin’ town?’ You were disgusted, nowhere could peace be found. For how long, how-how long, baby how long? I can h...

Hurry down sunshine : see what tomorrow brings May bring drops of sorrow : and it may bring drops of rain Now I love my baby : but [she, my baby] don't love me When I get in trouble : she is the last one that I see Going down on the bottom : back to the Lon...

Whiskey is my habit : good women is all I crave And I don't believe in two things : will carry me to my grave I'm going to Louisiana : where I can drink and have my fun I can't stay here much longer : because my time has just about come When you see me le...

Now I believe : I believe I'll go back home Because this life I'm living : won't let me stay here long His wife is gone : but she was all right with me He would give her ninety‑four dollars : and she would give me ninety‑three I believe : I believe I'll ma...

About four this morning : blues come in my door Please Mr blues : don't come here no more I keep the blues all night : and the whole day through I'm so full of blues : I don't know what to do Well something has got to be done : to get these blues off my min...

In the evening In the evening Mama, when the sun go down In the evening darling, I declare when the sun go down Yeah, it's so lonesome, it's so lonesome, I declare when the one you love is not around When the sun go down Last night I were layin' sleepin', and...

Now I'm down and out : ain't got no friends around I'm going from door to door : everybody turns me down Now my woman treats me : [just] like I'm a motherless child She's always squabbling : she don't give me a ??? smile* Now here I am people : out in the i...

I'm longing for my sugar : and I don't want no one else And I don't miss her so much : until I'm all by myself Now I knowed when I quit her : I was doing wrong Now I've got trouble on my mind : it's trying to get her back home I'm going to pay the boss : an...

I ain't going to be : your lowdown dog no more You don't want me baby : down the road I'll go Now I work hard mama : and I brought you home my pay You say you ain't going to miss me : when I'm gone away Ooo : ooo wee It's a lowdown shame : the way you treat...

You're a mean mistreating mama : and you don't mean me no good And I don't blame you baby : I'd be the same way if I could You say you're going to leave me : well you say you going away That's all right baby : maybe you'll come back home some day Now you'...

Went to the station : to get me a train Going to climb on board : and ride again Just climb aboard : and ride around I might get off : at Memphis town Shovel in the coal : see the wheels go around Everybody's going : down to Memphis town I said conductor :...

In the wee midnight hours : long before the break of day When the blues creep up on you : and carry your mind away While I lay in my bed : and cannot go to sleep While my heart's in trouble : and my mind is thinking deep My mind was running : back to days o...

Now I woke up this morning : my woman was standing over me She had a big forty‑five : and she was mad as she could be Now I prayed to my baby : and to the Lord above Now I said honey please don't shoot me : baby you the only woman I love She seen me with...

Nobody knows old Naptown : baby like I do If you will stop and listen : I will tell you a thing or two When you get lonesome : and want to have some fun You just grab a train : and try old Naptown some When you get to Naptown : the blues won't last very lon...

Mama's baking cookies : out in the kitchen Papa smells the cookies : and his nose starts to itching Papa tried to steal one : like he did before But mama's got the lock : on the kitchen door Papa says to mama : come a little closer Mama looks at papa : says...

I saw your mama : in Kansas City The way she was looking : was a doggone pity Feet on the ground : clothes wasn't clean Dirtiest old stuff : I ever seen Now I got a gal : she is big as a bull She never stops drinking : till her belly gets full Gets full of...

Now I've got a girl : she lives down in in Shady Lane I love that girl : but I'm scared to call her name It's going to be one of these mornings : swear and it won't be long I'm going to catch the first thing smoking : and down the road I'm going Where I lo...

I'm going to get me a brand new [shiny] pistol : with a long shiny barrel I'm going to ramble this town over : until I find my girl I'm going to go to the station : and try to find her there And if the Lord has not got her : she's in this world somewhere...

Just remember me baby, when I'm in six feet of cold, cold ground. Just remember me baby, when I'm in six feet of cold, cold ground. Always think of me momma. Just say "That's a good man gone down." Don't cry baby, baby after I'm gone. Don't cry baby. Do...

I'd rather be sloppy drunk : than anything I know And another half a pint : mama will see me go I love my moonshine whiskey : better than a filly loves her mare You can take your pretty bucks : give me my cool kind can I'd rather be sloppy drunk : sitting i...

No need to ask me : why I'm packing my clothes I'm going to leave you mama : and I really don't care who knows Now I used to love you : but now I'm getting tired of your kind I'm going down south : just to see what I can find Now I may miss you : but I don...

If somebody finds me : when I'm dead and gone Say I did self‑murder : I died with my boots on Took me a Smith and Wesson : and blew out my brains I didn't take no poison : I couldn't stand the strain No I ain't no coward : and I'll tell you why I was just ti...

Believe I'll take me a walk : around the corner by myself And if I can't find my baby : I don't want nobody else She went out last night : and she didn't even say goodbye How come she left me : Lord I really don't know why Now I'm going out this morning : my...

Times is done got so tight : so I'm going to rob and steal It's done got so tight : a man can't get a decent meal I ain't got no shoes : and I ain't got no clothes The house rent man : has done put my things outdoors It was thundering out and lightning : oh...

I come to your house : and knock upon your door You had the nerve to tell me : you didn't want me no more After all I've done : what more can I do I gave you my love : and tried to get along with you I fed you when you were hungry : took you in when you was...

You left me crying baby : please come back to me And you know I've done all baby : I've been as good as I could be Why did you go : and leave me cold in hand I know what it's all about : it was on account of your other man Now I can't sleep at night : ther...

Now you got me grieving mama : over nobody else but you Yes you got me grieving mama : I really mean that's true I'm not going to worry : in my life no more If you want to leave me : you can go Now you got me grieving mama : over nobody else but you Yes you...