Cemetery Blues

by Bessie Smith

From the album: The St. Louis Blues / Cold in Hand Blues

Track 9 of 20 on The St. Louis Blues / Cold in Hand Blues (1925).

Duration: 3:30

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Lyrics for Cemetery Blues

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 'Cause the world is all wrong I'm going down to the cemetary 'Cause the world is all wrong Down there with the spooks to hear 'em sing my sorrow song Got a date to see a ghost By the name of Jones Got a date to see a ghost By the name of Jones Makes me feel happy to hear him rattle his bones He's one man I always know just where to find He's one man I always know just where to find When you want true lovin', go and get the cemetary kind He ain't no fine dresser He don't wear nothin' but a sack Yeah, he ain't no fine dresser He don't wear nothin' but a sack Everytime he kisses me, that funny feeling creeps up my back

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