Ma rainey
They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing 'cause that's a way of understanding life.
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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
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Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill If one black cat don't cross me, another black cat will It's bad luck if I'm jolly, bad luck...
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Woke up this morning, up this morning With my head bowed down, hey, hey, hey Woke up this morning with my head bowed down I had that mean old feeling, I was in the wrong man's town Mailman's been...
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I worry all day, I worry all night Every time my man comes home, he wants to fuss and fight When I pick up the paper to read about the news, just as I'm satisfied, yonder comes the blues I went down...
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Ain't robbed no train : ain't done no hanging crime It's that i'm a slave to the blues : even 'bout that man of mine Blues do tell me : do i have to die a slave Do you hear...
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Went out last night, had a great big fight Everything seemed to go on wrong I looked up, to my surprise The gal I was with was gone. Where she went, I don't know I mean to follow everywhere she goes;...
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Ma: "All these many years I've been pleadin' for a man How come I can't get me a real Monkey man I'm not no triflin' Woman I've been lookin' for a man I can call my own Been married many times...
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House catch on fire and ain't no water 'round If your house catch on fire, ain't no water 'round Throw your trunk out the window, building, burn on down I went to that gypsy to have my fortune told I...
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Hey people, listen while I spread my news Hey people, listen while I spread my news I wanna tell you people all about my bad luck blues Did you ever wake up just at the break of day Did you ever break...
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