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 despis...

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 ...

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, Sh...

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...

"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 wi...

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 ang...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 wa...

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 ...

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 T...

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...

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...

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 co...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 g...

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 understoo...

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 ...

Honey, please don't cry, listen to me There's no reason why we shouldn't agree If I hurt your feeling, I apologize You're the only one that I idealize Don't cr...

Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you! I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too; I've got those down-hearted blues; Once I was crazy 'b...

Gee, but it's hard to love someone When that someone don't love you I'm so disgusted, heart-broken too, I've got those downhearted blues Once I was crazy 'bout...

I heard the folks were talking here yesterday As I listened by the door Would eavesdrop 'cause they never hear no good, they say And I heard things that hurt me...

Verse 1 I woke up this morning with awful aching head (Repeat) My new man had left me Just a room and an empty bed Bought me a coffee grinder, Got the best ...

"Up in Harlem every Saturday night When the highbrows get together its just so right They all congregate at an all night hop And what they do is Oo Bop Bee Dap ...

Blues on my mind, blues all around my head Blues on my mind, and blues all around my head I dreamed last night that the man that I love was dead I went to the ...

I've been blue all day, my man's gone away He has left his mama cold for another gal I'm told I tried to treat him kind, I thought he would be mine That man I h...

My man said he didn't want me I'm getting tired of his dirty ways I'm going to see another brown I'm packin' my clothes I'm leavin' town, getting outdoors Letti...

There's a saying going 'round and I begin to think it's true It's awful hard to love someone, when they don't care 'bout you Once I had a lovin' man, as good as...

Honey baby, won't you cuddle near, just sweet mama whisper in your ear I'm wild about that thing, it makes me laugh and sing, give it to me papa, I'm wild about...

Oh Stingy Ginny saved up all her pennies Straight to the bank she would go The sharks would have their hands around her But none could get her dough Ginny's fel...

Oh Stingy Ginny saved up all her pennies Straight to the bank she would go The sharks would have their hands around her But none could get her dough Ginny's fel...

Oh Stingy Ginny saved up all her pennies Straight to the bank she would go The sharks would have their hands around her But none could get her dough Ginny's fe...

If your man is nice and sweet Serving you lots of young pigmeat Oh yes, keep it to yourself If you know you are standing fast Got him worried where you at Oh y...

I was with you, baby, when you didn't have a dime I was with you, baby, when you didn't have a dime Now since you got a lot of money, you have thrown a good gal...

Some people say that the weary blues ain't bad Some people say the weary blues ain't bad But it's the worst old feeling that I've ever had Woke up this morning,...

"Stay away from me 'cause I'm in my sin Stay away from me 'cause I'm in my sin If this place gets raided, it's just me and my gin Don't try me nobody, oh, you ...

Gals, bed bugs sure is evil, they don't mean me no good Yeah, bed bug sure is evil, they don't mean me no good Thinks he's a woodpecker and I'm a chunk of wood ...

Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore Headed homebound just once more To my Mississippi delta home Southland has that grand garden spot Although you believe or not I h...

Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore Headed homebound just once more To my Mississippi delta home Southland has that grand garden spot Although you believe or not I h...

Clara: who was that man I saw you with the other day? Bessie: that was my smooth black daddy that we call Charlie Gray Don't you know that's my man? Yes, that's...

I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you Though it ain't no affair of mine It's 'bout a gal named Sue and a boy named Lou They were fighting all the time Sue cam...

I done pack my belong Gonna leave my woes Goin' to a better place With a smile upon my face When that steam boat blows And that Gulf stream flows You'll hear m...

Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spendin' my money, I didn't care I carried my friends out for a good time Buying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine Then...

Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money, I didn't care I carried my friends out for a good time Bying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine Then ...

Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money, I didn't care I carried my friends out for a good time Bying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine Then ...

Just like a flower I am fading away The doctor call to see me most every day But he don't do me no good, why? Because I'm lonesome for you And if you care for m...

I've got the meanest man in the land But his love is that sticking brand His kiss just lingers on my lips And thrill me to my fingertips People say I'm a fool H...

Mister Rich Man, Rich Man Open up your heart and mind Mister Rich Man, Rich Man Open up your heart and mind Give the poor man a chance Help stop these hard, har...

Down in Atlanta, GA, under the viaduct ev'ry day, drinking corn and hollerin' hooray Pianos playing till the break of day But as I turned my head, I loudly said...

I had a man for fifteen years Give him his room and board Once he was like a Cadillac Now he's like an old worn out Ford He never brought me a lousy dime And pu...

When I wasn't nothin' but a child When I wasn't nothin' but a child All you men tried to drive me wild Now I'm growin' old Now I'm growin' old And I've got wha...

Did you ever wake up with sorrow all on your mind? Did you ever wake up with sorrow all on your mind? He plays the blues to his congregation, hear his trombone ...

Let me tell you how and why what no-good man done to me He called me pretty, young and wild, after that he let me be He'd taken advantage of my mouth, and that ...

(Spoken: Who's that knockin' on that door Jones? You better get away from that door I don't know nobody named Jones You're in the right church, brother, but th...

You say that you leavin' ant that you going away But before you leave, dear, please let me have my say I know that you feel good now with nothin' on your mind B...

Judge you wanna hear my plea Before you open up your court But I don't want no sympathy 'Cause I done cut my good man's throat I caught him whith a trifling Ja...

Captain, tell your men to get on board I sure see 'em just pull into another shore I'm dreary in mind and I'm so worried in heart Oh the best of friends sho' h...

Daddy, you've been doggone sweet on me, daddy, you the only one I see You know I need but you 'cause you my man, you can love me like no one can Something 'bout...

Worried in the nighttime, worried in the day 'Cause another sweetie, took my man away Down in St. Louis, there I lost my pride and joy St. Louis woman, stole th...

Standin' in the rain and ain't a drop fell on me Standin' in the rain and ain't a drop fell on me My clothes is all wet but my flesh is as dry as can be It can ...

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 despis...

Come along, get you ready Wear your bran', bran' new gown For there's gwine to be a meeting In that good, good old town Where you knowded everybody And they all...

Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind? Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind? Thinking about someone who has tre...

Tillie Brown was a dancing fool Spent her time in a dancing school When the band would play Tillie would start right in to sway First one out on the ballroom fl...

Papa, papa, you in a good man's way Papa, papa, you in a good man's way I can find one better than you any time of day You ain't no good so you better haul you...

I lived a life but nothing I've gained Each day I'm full of sorrow and pain No one seems enough for poor me To give me a word of sympathy Oh me, oh my Wonder wh...

Ever since Miss Susie Johnson Lost her jockey Lee There has been much excitement And more to be You can hear her moanin' Moanin' night and morn She's wonderin'...

The blues, the blues, the yodling blues They seem to haunt me all the time Because that I ain't got no one That will console my mind It seems to me no happiness...

Loving is the thing I crave For your love I'll be your slave You gotta give me some, yes give me some Can't you hear me pleading, you gotta give me some Said mi...

Woke up this mornin' when chickens was crowin' for day Felt on the right side of my pilla', my man gad gone away By this pilla' he left a note readin', "I'm sor...

Loving is the thing I crave For your love I'll be your slave You gotta give me some, yes give me some Can't you hear me pleading, you gotta give me some Said m...