Тексты песен «Bessie Smith»

There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say That folks don't criticize me But I'm goin' to, do just as I want to anyway And don't care if they all despise me If I should take a notion To jump into the ocean...

My heart's sad and I am all forlorn, my man's treating me mean I regret the day that I was born and that man of mine I've ever seen Happiness, it never lasts a day, my heart is almost breaking while I say A good man is...

I know a drivin' man, They call him Driver Sam, He lives in Birmingham, Way down in Alabam. Now, the other night He had a fight with a gal named Mandy Brown, She kept on saying he was aggravatin', And she shouted...

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...

"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,...

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'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...

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...

Jenny Neale, Down in Beale, Gave her papa the air; Left him cold, Got him told, Said she didn't care. Old Joe, her beau, Looked just like he would die; If you was near him, You would hear him Sob his mournful...

When you 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 hang your head And begin to cry...

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...

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...

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'...

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...

Love, oh love, oh careless love You fly though my head like wine You've wrecked the life of a, many a poor girl And you nearly spoiled this life of mine Love, oh love, oh careless love In your clutches of desire...

Folks, I know a gal named Cemetary 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 her blues away: I'm going down to the cemetary,...

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...

It's a long, long lane that has no turning And it's a fire that always keeps on burning Mister devil down below Pitchfork in his hand And that's where you are going to go Do you understand? Devil's gonna git you...

Did you ever fall in love with a man that was no good? Did you ever fall in love with a man that was no good? No matter what you did for him, he never understood The meanest thing he could say would thrill you through...

If I cal three times a day baby Come and drive my blue away When you come,be ready to play Do your duty If you want to have some love Give your baby your last buck Don't come quackin' like a duck Do your duty I heard...