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Deep Moanin\u2019 Blue<\/h1>\nMmmn, mmmn\nMmmn, mmmn\n\nMy bell rang this morning, didn't know which way to go\nMy bell rang this morning, didn't know which way to go\nI had the blues so bad\nI sit right down on my floor\n\nI felt like going on the mountain, jumping over in the sea\nI felt like going in the mountain, jumping over in the sea\nWhen my Daddy stay out late he don't care a thing for me\n\nMmmnn, mmmn\nMmmmn, mmmn\n\nDaddy, daddy, please come home to me\nDaddy, daddy, please come home to me\nI'm on my way, crazy as I can be\nBlack Eye Blues\nDown in Hogan's Alley lives Miss Nancy Ann\nAlways always fuss and fighting with her man\nThan I heard miss Nacy say\nWhy do you treat your girl that way\n\nI went down the alley other night\nNancy and her man just had a fight\nHe hit miss Nancy 'cross her head\nThen she rose to her feet and she said\n

You low-down alligator<\/h1>\nJust watch me soon or later\nGonna catch you with your britches down\n\nYou abuse me and you mistreat me\nYou dog around and beat me\n'Til I'm gonna hang around\n\nTake all my money, blacken both of my eyes\nGive it to another woman come home and tell me lies\nYou low-down alligator\nJust watch me soon or later\nGonna catch you with your britches down\nI mean\nGonna catch you with your britches down\n\nYou low-down alligator\nJust watch me soon or later\nGonna catch you with your britches down\n

Farewell Daddy Blues<\/h1>\n1. I'm wild about my daddy. I want him all the time.\nWild about my daddy, I want him all the time.\nBut I don't want you, daddy, if I can't call you mine.\n\n2. Got the farewell blues-y, and my trunk is packed.\nGot the farewell blues-y, and my trunk is packed,\nBut I don't want no daddy because that I ain't comin' back.\n\n3. Oh, fare you well, daddy. Hon, it's your turn now.\nFare you well, daddy. Hon, it's your turn now.\nAfter all I've done, you mistreated me anyhow.\n\n4. Going through the wood-field feeling sad and blue.\nGoing through the wood-field feeling sad and blue.\nLord, up jumped a rabbit, said, \"Mama, I've got 'em too.\"\n\n5. Pig starts to singin'. Oh, how his voice could ring!\nPig starts to singin'. Oh, how his voice could ring!\nHe says, \"I'm no yellow jacket, but Lord, how I can sting!\"\n\n6. Since my man left me, the others can't be found.\nSince my man left me, others can't be found,\nBut before he left me, the other men was hangin' around.\n\n7. So fare you well, daddy. Someday you'll hear bad news.\nSo farewell, daddy. Someday you'll hear bad news.\nWhen you look for your mama, she's gone with the farewell blues.\n\n
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Sources<\/h2>\n\u201cDeep Moanin\u2019 Blues\u201d by Ma Rainey is in the public domain. This version was retrieved from Genius<\/a>.\n\n\u201cBlack Eye Blues\u201d by Ma Rainey is in the public domain. This version was retrieved from Genius<\/a>.\n\n\u201cFarewell Daddy Blues\u201d by Ma Rainey is in the public domain. This version was retrieved from Genius<\/a>.","rendered":"

Deep Moanin\u2019 Blue<\/h1>\n

Mmmn, mmmn
\nMmmn, mmmn<\/p>\n

My bell rang this morning, didn’t know which way to go
\nMy bell rang this morning, didn’t know which way to go
\nI had the blues so bad
\nI sit right down on my floor<\/p>\n

I felt like going on the mountain, jumping over in the sea
\nI felt like going in the mountain, jumping over in the sea
\nWhen my Daddy stay out late he don’t care a thing for me<\/p>\n

Mmmnn, mmmn
\nMmmmn, mmmn<\/p>\n

Daddy, daddy, please come home to me
\nDaddy, daddy, please come home to me
\nI’m on my way, crazy as I can be
\nBlack Eye Blues
\nDown in Hogan’s Alley lives Miss Nancy Ann
\nAlways always fuss and fighting with her man
\nThan I heard miss Nacy say
\nWhy do you treat your girl that way<\/p>\n

I went down the alley other night
\nNancy and her man just had a fight
\nHe hit miss Nancy ‘cross her head
\nThen she rose to her feet and she said<\/p>\n

You low-down alligator<\/h1>\n

Just watch me soon or later
\nGonna catch you with your britches down<\/p>\n

You abuse me and you mistreat me
\nYou dog around and beat me
\n‘Til I’m gonna hang around<\/p>\n

Take all my money, blacken both of my eyes
\nGive it to another woman come home and tell me lies
\nYou low-down alligator
\nJust watch me soon or later
\nGonna catch you with your britches down
\nI mean
\nGonna catch you with your britches down<\/p>\n

You low-down alligator
\nJust watch me soon or later
\nGonna catch you with your britches down<\/p>\n

Farewell Daddy Blues<\/h1>\n

1. I’m wild about my daddy. I want him all the time.
\nWild about my daddy, I want him all the time.
\nBut I don’t want you, daddy, if I can’t call you mine.<\/p>\n

2. Got the farewell blues-y, and my trunk is packed.
\nGot the farewell blues-y, and my trunk is packed,
\nBut I don’t want no daddy because that I ain’t comin’ back.<\/p>\n

3. Oh, fare you well, daddy. Hon, it’s your turn now.
\nFare you well, daddy. Hon, it’s your turn now.
\nAfter all I’ve done, you mistreated me anyhow.<\/p>\n

4. Going through the wood-field feeling sad and blue.
\nGoing through the wood-field feeling sad and blue.
\nLord, up jumped a rabbit, said, “Mama, I’ve got ’em too.”<\/p>\n

5. Pig starts to singin’. Oh, how his voice could ring!
\nPig starts to singin’. Oh, how his voice could ring!
\nHe says, “I’m no yellow jacket, but Lord, how I can sting!”<\/p>\n

6. Since my man left me, the others can’t be found.
\nSince my man left me, others can’t be found,
\nBut before he left me, the other men was hangin’ around.<\/p>\n

7. So fare you well, daddy. Someday you’ll hear bad news.
\nSo farewell, daddy. Someday you’ll hear bad news.
\nWhen you look for your mama, she’s gone with the farewell blues.<\/p>\n

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Sources<\/h2>\n

\u201cDeep Moanin\u2019 Blues\u201d by Ma Rainey is in the public domain. This version was retrieved from Genius<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Eye Blues\u201d by Ma Rainey is in the public domain. This version was retrieved from Genius<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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