Bessie Smith

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 that thing Do it easy, honey, don't get rough, From you, papa, I can't get enough I'm wil

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 down Once ain't for always and two ain't for twice Once ain't for always and two ain't fo

I went down to the river, sat beneath the willow tree The dew dropped on those willow leaves and it rolled right down on me And that's the reason I've got those weeping willow blues I went up on the mountain, high as any girl could stand And looked d

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 'T ain't nobody's bizness if I do, do,

[ti:St. Louis Blues] [ar:Bessie Smith] [al:The Collection] [offset:0] [00:00.53]Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues [00:04.45]I hate to see the ev'nin' sun go down [00:13.51] [00:20.30]I hate to see the ev'nin' sun go down [00:28.04] [00:34.21]It makes me

Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) - Bessie Smith Twenty-five cents? Ha! No! No! I wouldn't pay twenty-five cents to go in nowhere 'cause listen here Up in Harlem every Saturday night When the highbrows get together it's just so right They all co

Bessie Smith―Down Hearted Blues 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 'bout a man; he mistreated me all the time, The next man I g

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 worried all day long Baby won't you plea

Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spent all my money, didn't have any care Took all my friends out for a mighty good time Bought bootleg whisky, champagne and wine Then I began to fall so low Lost all my good friends, I did not have nowhere to g