Mamas Got the Blues

Mamas Got the Blues - Bessie Smith

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 the jinx around my bed

I woke up this morning with the 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