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By Bessie Smith, Verse 1
I woke up this morning
with awful aching head
(Repeat)
My new
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By Bessie Smith, "Up in Harlem every Saturday night
When the highbrows get together
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By Bessie Smith, "Stay away from me 'cause I'm in my sin.
Stay away
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By Bessie Smith, Love, oh love, oh careless love
You fly though my head
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By Bessie Smith, Gee, but it's hard to love someone
When that someone don't
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By Bessie Smith, My man's got somethin', he gives me such a thrill
Every
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By Bessie Smith, Lord, this house is goin' to get raided, yes, sir
Thirty
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By Bessie Smith, Madam Buff's was quite deluxe
Servants by the score
Footmen at each
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By Bessie Smith, Tired of bein' lonely, tired of bein' blue
I wished I
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By Bessie Smith, I done pack my belong
Gonna leave my woes
Goin' to a
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By Bessie Smith, Mister Rich Man, Rich Man
Open up your heart and mind
Mister
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By Bessie Smith, Captain, tell your men to get on board
I sure see
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By Bessie Smith, Standin' in the rain and ain't a drop fell on
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By Bessie Smith, You're my man, you're so nice and brown
Sweetest man in
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By Bessie Smith, Papa, papa, you in a good man's way
Papa, papa, you
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By Bessie Smith, Ever since Miss Susie Johnson
Lost her jockey Lee
There has been
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By Bessie Smith, My heart is sad and I'm all alone
my man's treating
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By Bessie Smith, Twenty-five cents?
Ha! No! No!
I wouldn't pay twenty-five cents to go
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By Bessie Smith, Oh Stingy Ginny saved up all her pennies
Straight to the
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By Bessie Smith, Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore
Headed homebound just once more
To my Mississippi
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By Bessie Smith, This blues was written by Ida Cox. Bessie Smith recorded
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By Bessie Smith, Judge you wanna hear my pleaBefore you open up your
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By Bessie Smith, This blues by Bessie Smith was recorded on October 1,
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By Bessie Smith, Written by S. Williams and recorded by Bessie in 1929.Loving