Mama's Got the Blues

by Bessie Smith

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

Track 12 of 20 on The St. Louis Blues / Cold in Hand Blues (1925).

Duration: 2:57

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Lyrics for Mama's Got the Blues

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 with a jinx around my bed I woke up this morning with a jinx around my bed I didn't have no daddy to hold my aching head Brown skin's deceitful, but a yellow man is worse Brown skin's deceitful, but a yellow man is worse I'm gonna get myself a black man and play safety first I got a man in Atlanta, two in Alabama, three in Chattanooga Four in Cincinnati, five in Mississippi, six in Memphis, Tennessee If you don't like my peaches, please let my orchard be

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