Midnight Blues

by Bessie Smith

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

Track 1 of 20 on The St. Louis Blues / Cold in Hand Blues (1925).

Duration: 3:18

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Lyrics for Midnight Blues

Daddy, daddy Please come back to me Daddy, daddy Please come back to me Your mama's lonesome as she can be You left me at midnight Clocks were striking twelve Left me at midnight Clocks were striking twelve To face this cruel world All by myself Woke up at midnight, sad and blue Missed my daddy from my side Left alone to bemoan my fate That's why I'm sighing, crying I just can't refuse I feel so troubled, heartbroken, too Woe and misery I can't hide At twelve o'clock I unlock my hate I've got the meanest kind Lonesome midnight blues

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  5. Oh Daddy Blues
  6. Down Hearted Blues
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  8. If You Don't, I Know Who Will
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  11. Keeps on a-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time)
  12. Mama's Got the Blues
  13. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
  14. Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
  15. Jail House Blues
  16. Outside of That
  17. Lady Luck Blues
  18. Bleeding Hearted Blues
  19. Taint Nobody's Bizness if I Do
  20. Sam Jones Blues