Haunted House Blues

Haunted House Blues - Bessie Smith

Don't bring no ghosts in the front

Hurry 'em round to the backdoor

This house is so haunted

With dead men I can't lose

This house is so haunted

With dead men I can't lose

And a sneaky old feeling

Gives me those haunted house blues

I can't sleep no more

I done lost my appetite

I can't sleep no more

Done lost my appetite

'Cause my mistreating

Daddy hangs around me day and night

He moans when I'm sleeping

He wakes me at 2 am

He moans when I'm sleeping

He wakes me at 2 am

And he makes me swear

I'll have no other man but him

Now I'm so worried and

I'm blue all the time

Now I'm so worried and

I'm blue all the time

Go tell the undertaker to fix

That old coffin of mine

Lord help us to get right

I'm scared to stay here

I'm scared to leave this town

I'm scared to stay here

I'm scared to leave this town

But a feeling just tells me

To burn this house on down

Tear this house on down