Ruth Brown

There ain't nothin' I can do, or nothin' I can say That folks don't criticise me, But I'm going to do just as I want to anyway, And don't care if you all despise me! If I should take a notion To jump into the ocean, 'T'aint nobody's business if I do, do, do!...

Mama he treats your daughter mean Mama he treats your daughter mean Mama he treats your daughter mean He's the meanest man I've ever seen Mama he treats me badly Makes me love him madly Mama he takes my money Makes me call him honey Mama he can't be...

Baby baby baby, I've got to have you for my own, Baby baby baby, I've got to have you for my own, If you ever need me baby, call me on the telephone. Just give me five, ten, fifteen hours of your love, Just give me five, ten, fifteen hours of your love, Give...

So I sing you to sleep After the lovin' With a song I just wrote yesterday And I hope you can hear What the words and the music have to say. It's so hard to explain Everything that I'm feelin' Face to face I just seem to go dry. But I love you so much That th...

What a day this has been! What a rare mood I'm in! Why, it's almost like being in love There's a smile on my face For the whole human race Why it's almost like being in love All the music of life seems to be Like a bell that is ringing for me And from the wa...

Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I could have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I should have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time But you were always on my mind You were always on my mind And maybe, maybe I d...

I'm just a woman, a lonely woman Waiting on the weary shore I'm just a woman who's only human One you should feel sorry for It was a morning, long before dawn Without a warning I found he was gone How could he do it, why should he do it He never done it befor...

You're crazy 'bout lovin', I'm crazy 'bout love myself You're crazy 'bout lovin', I'm crazy 'bout love myself When I'm with you baby, can't think about nothin' else I've seen so many men, it's like looking through a fine tooth comb I've seen so many men, it's...

He's a fool and don't I know it ? But a fool can have his charms, I'm in love and don't I show it, Like a babe in arms. Love's the same old sad sensation, Lately I've not slept a wink, Since this half pint imitation, Put me on the blink. I'm wild again, begu...

Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead Pains in my head, feel like old Ned What did I do to be so black and blue? No joys for me, no company Even the mouse ran from my house All my life through I've been so black and blue I'm white inside, but that don't help...

She smelled like flowers, she Tastes like toffee She kissed me slowly, she Held me softly Got too close and she Backed up off me Left me stone cold sober just Like black coffee Just like black Coffee She told me that she'd always Be thinkin' of me She said sh...

My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for you dear only Why haven't you seen it I'm all for you body and soul I spend my days in longing And wondering why it's me you're wronging I tell you I mean it I'm all for you body and soul I can't believe it It's...

Break it to me gently, let me down that easy way Make me feel you still love me if it's just, just for one more day Break it to me gently so my tears, my tears won't fall too fast If you must go, then go slowly, let me love you 'till then BRIDGE: The love we'...

Pack up all my care and woe, Here I go, Singing low, Bye bye blackbird, Where somebody waits for me, Sugar is sweet, so is he, Bye bye Blackbird! No one here can love or understand me, Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me, Make my bed and light the lig...

Saturday night honey when I came home and baby I was tired as I can be I saw this coat hanging up on the rack where I know my coat ought to be I said to my man look here darlin man come here Please explain this mess to me... Whose coat is that coat hanging on...

Oh listen, sister I love my mister man and I can't tell you why Dere ain't no reason why I should love dat man It must be sumpin' dat de angels done plan De chimbley's smokin' De roof is leakin' in But he don't seem to care He can be happy With jes' a sip of g...

Chains of love Has tied my heart to you Chains of love Have made me feel so blue Well, now I'm your prisoner Tell me what you're gonna do Are you gonna leave me Are you gonna make me cry Are you gonna love me Are you gonna make me cry These chains of blues go...

Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty, God of love, Please look down and see my people through. I believe that God put sun and moon up in the sky. I don't mind the gray skies 'cause they're just clouds passing by. Heaven is a goodness time. A brighter light on...

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy love me strong I don't mind if it's all night, Daddy Daddy, Daddy, Daddy right or wrong I'm gonna need you for a long time, Daddy Gotta love me, Daddy. From now on. That's whacha got to do. When you thrill me like you thrill me with a to...

(Boy of mine, boy of mine, dear little boy of mine) Boy of mine, boy of mine, although my heart was aching, I seem to know that you'd want to go, Pride in your manhood waking, I'll be here, waiting, dear, Till at the glad dawn breaking, I'll hear you say you'r...

People are talking all over town They say you're tired of me Going to put me down Please don't leave me Don't deceive me Please don't go You know I love you You know it's true That's why you treat me The way you do You said you loved me You said you loved m...

Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Couldn't bear it without you Don't get around much anymore Though I'd visit the club Got as far as the door They'd have asked me about you Don't get around much anymore Darling, I guess my mind's more at...

Everybody's talkin' at me I don't hear a word they're sayin' Only the echoes of my mind People stop and stare I can't see the faces Only the shadows of their eyes I'm goin' where the sun keep shinin' Through the pouring rain Goin' where the weather suits my...

My man don't love me Treats me oh, so mean My man he don't love me Treats me awful mean He's the lowest man That I've ever seen He wears high draped pants Stripes are really yellow He wears high draped pants Stripes are really yellow But when he starts to lo...

Oh, he's got a fine brown frame I wonder what could be his name He looks good to me, and all I can see Is his fine brown frame How long have you been around Mister when did you hit this big town I wanna scream 'cos I've never seen Such a fine brown frame All...

Love makes me treat you the way that I do Gee, Baby ain't I good to you There's nothing in the world Too good for a guy so good and true Gee, Baby ain't I good to you? Bought you a cashmere for Christmas A diamond ring A fine Cadillac car And everythin...

You can reach me by railway, you can reach me by trailway You can reach me on an airplane, you can reach me with your mind You can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man I don't care how you get here, just - get here if you can You can reach me...

Them that's got shall have Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets do...

Good morning heartache, you old gloomy sight Good morning heartache, thought we said goodbye last night I turned and tossed until it seemed you had gone But here you are with the dawn Wish I'd forget you, but you're here to stay It seems I met you when my lov...

It seems like happiness is just a thing called Joe He's got a smile that makes the lilac wanta grow He's got a way that makes the angels heave a sigh When they know little Joe's passing by Sometimes the cabin's gloomy and the table's bare Then he'll kiss me a...

Goodbye I hate to see you go But have a good time (Have a good time) So long, I’ll miss you, I know But have a good time Have your fling, be gay with your new love I’m setting you free Dance and sing, pretend that it’s true love Don’t worry ’bout me (about me...

Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on, our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide gay From now on, our troubles will be miles away Here we are as in olden days Happy golden...

Maybe I should have saved those leftover dreams, Funny, but here's that rainy day. Here's that rainy day they told me about, And I laughed at the thought that it might turn out this way. Where's that worn out wish that I threw aside, After it brought my lover...

I used to think that I could not go on And life was nothing but an awful song But now I know the meaning of true love I'm leaning on the everlasting arms If I can see it, then I can do it If I just believe it, there's nothing to it [1] - I believe I can fly...

I can see No matter how near you'll be You'll never belong to me But I can dream, can't I Can't I pretend That I'm locked in the bend Of your embrace For dreams are just like wine And I am drunk with mine I'm aware My heart is a sad affair There's much disill...

I cried a tear because of you I cried a tear because we're through I cried a tear what else could I do But cry and sigh for love of you I felt a tear fall in my heart You fooled me so I wasn't smart I can't believe that we must part Come back to stay let's ma...

Should I let myself go In his direction Is his love strong enough For my heart's protection I don't know (I don't know, I don't know) I don't know (I don't know, I don't know) But he loves me so good Til I think I should, oh, oh If I gave him my h...

Why do robins sing in December Long before the Springtime is due? And even though it's snowing, violets are growing I know why and so do you Why do breezes sigh every evening whispering your name as they do? And why have I the feeling stars are on my ceiling?...

Just a kiss Just a smile Hold my hand baby Once in a while That's all I need That's all I need And I'll be satisfied Think of me When you're away Call me darling Just once a day That's all I need That's all I need And I'll be satisfied Oh, true love came to...

I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places That this heart of mine embraces all day through In that small cafe, the park across the way The children's carousel, the chestnut trees, the wishing well I'll be seeing you in every lovely summer's day In eve...

Many months have come and gone Since you called me on the phone To tell me that we were threw You'd thought it would break my heart But I fooled you from the start Because I never did trust you Well you'd thought you're mighty wise To run around with other...

What do you get when you fall in love? A guy with a pin to burst your bubble That's what you get for all your trouble I'll never fall in love again I'll never fall in love again What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneumoni...

Along about the evening I feel so blue And though my heart is grieving I'll wait for you I'm writing you a letter 'Cause our love's so true Although I'm sad and lonely I'll wait for you When the moon was high And the lights were low That's the time when you...

I can wash out 44 pairs of socks & have 'em hangin out on the line I can starch & iron 2 dozen shirts 'fore you can count from 1 to 9 I can scoop up a great big dipper full of lard from the drippins Can go out & do my shoppin be back before it m...

I never cared much for moonlit skies I never wink back at fireflies But now that the stars are in your eyes I'm beginning to see the light I never went in for afterglow Or candlelight on the mistletoe But now when you turn the lamp down low I'm beginning to s...

As I walk down the street Seems everyone I meet Gives me a friendly «hello» I guess I'm just a lucky so and so The birds in every tree Are all so neighborly. They sing wherever I go I guess I'm just a lucky so and so If you should ask me the amount in my ba...

(Hey Michael, come on and swing) (Looks like you got the world on a string) I've got the world on a string I'm sitting on a rainbow Got that string around my finger What a world, what a life; I'm in love I've got a song that I sing And I can make the rain go...

I own a secondhand furniture store and I think my prices are fair That is until this real cheap guy came in one day Saw this chair he wanted to buy, but he wouldn't, claimed the price was too high So I looked him straight in his eye, and this was my reply........

Ask me how do I feel, Now that we're cosy and clinging; Well sir, all I can say is If I were a bell I'd be ringing! From the moment we kissed goodnight, That's the way I just gotta behave, And if I were a lamp I'd light, Or if I were a banner I'd wave! Ask m...

Hide your heart from sight, Lock your dreams at night, It could happen to you. Don't count stars, Or you might stumble. Someone drops a sigh, And down you'll tumble. Keep an eye on spring, Run when church bells ring. It could happen to you. All I did was wo...

Jack O'Diamonds, on the move Jack O'Diamonds, one-eyed knave On the move, hits the street Bumps his head, on the ground Well, he's a scout, you're born to lose Shouldn't stay Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to play Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Jack O'Diamonds This...

Jim Dandy to the rescue! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy! Jim Dandy on a mountain top. Thirty thousand feet to drop. Spied a lady on a runaway horse Uh huh, that's right, of course. Jim Dandy to the rescue! Go, J...

I like cake and no mistake, But baby if you insist I'll cut out the cake, just for your sake... Baby! c'mon, knock me a kiss. I like pie, I hope to die, Just get a load of this When you get high, doggone the pie... Baby! c'mon, knock me a kiss. When you pr...

There may be trouble ahead But while there's music and moonlight and love and romance Let's face the music and dance Before the fiddlers have fled Before they ask us to pay the bill and while we still have the chance Let's face the music and dance Soon we'll...

Looking back over my life I can see where I caused you strife And I know, yes I know I'd never make that same mistake again Looking back over my deeds I can see signs a wise man heeds And if I just had a chance I know I'd never make that same mistake again O...

Love letters straight from your heart Keep us so near while apart I'm not alone in the night When I can have all the love you write I memorize every line And I kiss the name that you sign And, darling, then I read again right from the start Love letter...

When I was just a little girl With long, silky curls My mama told me, honey You've got more that other girls Now, you may not be good looking But you'll soon wear diamond clips And you'll never have to worry Cause you've got lucky lips Lucky lips are...

All my baby wants to do is the mambo All my baby wants to do is the mambo Morning, noon and night time too It's the mambo He goes mambo rhythms, effects all the time He goes mambo rhythms, effects all the time 'Cause that mambo rhythm feels so fine He's neg...

Woke up this morning and I looked around So disappointed, I laid back down Oh, what a dream, what a dream I had last night Dreamed I held you in my arms But I'm still waitin' for that day to come Oh, what a dream (What a dream) What a dream (What a dream) I...

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi Here we all work while the white folk play Pulling' them boats from the dawn till sunset Getting no rest till the judgment day Don't look up and don't look down You don't dare make the white boss frown Bend your kn...

I've thrown away my toys, even my drum and train. I wanna make some noise with real live aeroplanes. Some day I'm going to fly, I'll be a pilot too. And when I do, how would you like to be my crew? On The Good Ship Lollipop. It's a sweet trip to a candy sh...

Heaven please send to all mankind, Understanding and peace of mind. But, if it's not asking too much Please send me someone to love. Show all the world how to get along, Peace will enter when hate is gone. But, if it's not asking too much, Please send me some...

Once I had a secret love That lived within the heart of me All too soon my secret love Became impatient to be free So I told the friendly star, The way that dreamers often do Just how wonderful you are And why I'm so in love with you Now I shout it from the...

Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease Gonna make a sentimental journey To renew old memories Got my bag, got my reservation Spent each dime I could afford Like a child in wild anticipation Long to hear that "All aboard" Seven, that's th...

Just leave it to me Don't ever be ashamed Just give me a chance, yes And I'll take care of everything Your troubles, I'll share Let me know and I'll be there I'll stay close to you Anyplace and anywhere Shake a hand, shake a hand Shake a hand, shake a hand S...

You made me leave my happy home You took my love and now you're gone Since I fell for you Love brings such misery and pain I guess I'll never be the same Since I fell for you It's so bad, It's so sad I'm in love with you You love me, then you snub me But wha...

Skylark, Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be? Is there a meadow in the mist Where someone's waiting to be kissed? Skylark, Have you seen a valley green with spring? Where my heart can go journeying Over the meadow and the ra...

So long, Hope we'll meet again some day. Hope that maybe then you'll say, "Darling, I was wrong." So long, Gee, I hate to see you go. You're the world to me you know. You've been mine so long. All alone, With my memories of you. I can see that you're lonely...

(Bop-ba-do, bop-ba-do-be-do) (Bop-by-do, bop-ba-do-be-do) You gotta get the rhythm if you're gonna rock You gotta get a-movin' and don't stop Here we go Oh, here we go Oh, here we go (here we go!) Well, somebody touched me, in the dark last night Yeah, someb...

Climb upon my knee, Sonny Boy, Though you're only three, Sonny Boy, You've no way of knowing, There's no way of showing, What you mean to me, Sonny Boy. When there are grey skies, I don't mind the grey skies, You make them blue, Sonny Boy. Friends may forsake...

I hate to see that evening sun go down I hate to see that evening sun go down Cause the man that I love he done left this town If I’m fellin' tomorrow like I feel today If I’m fellin' tomorrow like I feel today I think I'm gonna pack my burl and make my getaw...

Don't know why There's no sun up in the sky Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps raining all the time Life is bare Gloom and misery everywhere Stormy weather Just can't get my old self together I'm weary all the time, All the time When h...

I'm going home to see my baby Big sweet baby of mine Been so long without my baby Sometimes I feel I'm plum goin' outta my mind I'm leaving this town early next mornin Big sweet baby of mine It won't be long before we're together now Baby and me, happy until t...

Teardrops will fall because of you, Teardrops will fall for only you I want you so, oh you'll never know how much I need you. Teardrops will fall if you don't need me, Teardrops will fall oh please believe me I want you so, oh you'll never know how much I nee...

Every time it rains, I think of you And that's the time I feel so blue When the rain starts to falling, my love comes tumbling down And it's raining teardrops from my eyes Well, if you see clouds here in my eyes It's just because you said good-bye Altho...

I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see I introduced him/her to my loved one and while they were dancin' My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Now I know just how m...

Looking out my window I see my world has changed The sun won't rise this mornin' 'Cause baby's gone away Yesterday I could tell myself That she'd be back for sure But that train don't stop here anymore She used to go out with the girls Every now and then She...

I've had my share Of life's ups and down But fate's been kind The downs have been few I guess you could say That I've been lucky Oh, I guess you could say That it's all because of you If anyone should ever write my life story (For whatever reason) For whate...

Someday, when I'm awfully low And the world is cold I will feel a glow just thinking of you And the way you look tonight Yes, you're lovely With your smile so warm, and your cheek so soft There is nothing for me but to love you Just the way you look tonight...

People are talking all over town They say you're tired of me Going to put me down Please don't leave me Don't deceive me Please don't go You know I love you You know it's true That's why you treat me The way you do You said you loved me You said you loved m...

I WROTE MY MOM A LETTER AND THIS IS WHAT I SAID... WELLA WELLA WELLA WELLA WASHED ALL THE DISHES AND I DID A LOT MORE, I EVEN BOUGHT THE DINNER AT THE GROCERY STORE. AND NOW, MOM, YOU`LL FIND THE KEY NEXT DOOR, THIS LITTLE GIRL`S GONE ROCKIN`. I LEFT SO...

Touch me in the morning Then just walk away We don't have tomorrow But we had yesterday (Hey!) Wasn't it me who said that Nothing good's gonna last forever? And wasn't it me who said Let's just be glad for the time together? It must've been hard to tell me Th...

Here in a moment of darkness Remember the sun has shone Laugh and the world will laugh with you Cry and you'll cry alone No tears No fears Remember there's always tomorrow So what if we have to part We'll be together again Your kiss Your smile Are memories I...

Maybe I'm old fashioned, feeling as I do Maybe I am living in the past But when I meet the right one I know that I'll be true My first love will be the last When I fall in love it will be forever Or I'll never fall in love In a restless world like this is Lov...

Why do you whisper, green grass? Why tell the trees what ain't so? Whispering grass, the trees don't have to know, No, no. Why tell them all your secrets? Who kissed there long ago? Whispering grass, the trees don't need to know. Don't you tell it to the bre...

You had plenty money, Nineteen-Twenty-Two You let other women make a fool of you Why don't you do right like some other men do? Get out of here and get me some money too You're sittin' down wonderin' what it's all about You ain't got no money, they will put y...

Why me Lord what have I ever done To deserve even one of the pleasures I've known Tell me, Lord, what did I ever do That was worth lovin' you or the kindness you've shown Lord help me, Jesus, I've wasted it so Help me Jesus I know what I am But now that I kno...

Wild wild young men they like to have a good time They chase too many women they drink to much wine Going for a wild ride stomping on the gas Walking on the wild side living way too fast Playing in hot game they ain't never gonna win Wild wild young men Wild w...

Yes sir, he's my baby, Lord, And no sir, I don't mean maybe Yes sir, that's my baby now And I say...Yes sir, I have decided But I just can't hide it Yes sir, that's my baby now By the way, by the way When I meet, when I meet the preacher I'm gonna say W...

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away But now it seems as though they're here to stay And I believe in yesterday. And suddenly, I'm not half the girl I used to be, Cause there's a shadow hanging over me. And yesterday came suddenly. And why he had to g...

You and the night and the music Fill me with flaming desire Setting my being completely on fire You and the night and the music Thrill me but will we be one After the night and the music are done? Until the pale light of dawning and daylight Our hearts will b...

You'd be so nice to come home to You'd be so nice by the fire While the breeze on high sang a lullaby You'd be all that I could desire Under stars chilled by the winter Under an August moon burning above You'd be so nice, you'd be paradise To come home to and...

When it comes to rocking And natural finger popping Baby, you sure do swing And when it comes to rocking And natural finger popping Daddy, you're the king Baby, you've got me beat Up and down Inside and out and across But in the middle of the night When the mo...