St. Louis Blues
J.C. Higginbotham
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I hate to see de evenin' sun go down Hate to see de evenin' sun go down 'Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today Feel tomorrow like I feel today I'll pack my trunk, make ma git away Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings 'Twant for powder an' for store-bought hair De man ah love would not gone nowhere, nowhere Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me, doggone it I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie 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 Cause I'm most wile 'bout ma Jelly Roll Gypsy done tole me, "Don't you wear no black" Yes, she done told me, "Don't you wear no black Go to Saint Louis, you can win him back" Help me to Cairo, make Saint Louis by maself Git to Cairo, find ma old friend Jeff Gwine to pin maself close to his side If ah flag his train, I sho' can ride Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me, doggone it I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie Lak a Kentucky Colonel loves his mint an' rye I'll love ma baby till the day I die You ought to see dat stovepipe brown of mine Lak he owns de Dimon' Joseph line He'd make a cross-eyed o'man go stone blin' Blacker than midnight, teeth lak flags of truce Blackest man in de whole of Saint Louis Blacker de berry, sweeter am de juice About a crap game, he knows a pow'ful lot But when worktime comes, he's on de dot Gwine to ask him for a cold ten-spot What it takes to git it, he's cert'nly got Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me, doggone it I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye I'll love ma baby till the day ah die A black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track, said a black-headed Gal makes a freight train jump the track But a long tall gal makes a preacher ball the jack Lawd, a blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town, I said Blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town But a red-headed woman makes a boy slap his papa down Oh, ashes to ashes and dust to dust, I said ashes to ashes and dust to dust If my blues don't get you, my jazzing must
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