Rocking Chair Blues

Rocking Chair Blues - Bessie Smith

Did you ever wake up with

Sorrow all on your mind

Did you ever wake up with

Sorrow all on your mind

He plays the blues to his

Congregation hear his trombone whine

He'll make you love he'll

Make you cry he'll sit

Right down and moan

He'll weep and moan till

I hear him say

Lord I wonder where my

Loving man is gone

Easy rider you see

I'm going away

I won't be back until

You change your ways

I won't be back until

You change your ways

I'm going to the river

Carryin' a brand new rockin' chair

I'm going to the river

Carryin' a brand new rockin' chair

I'm gonna ask Mister Tadpole

To move all his stuff from here

Blues jumped a rabbit run him

For a solid mile

Blues jumped a rabbit run him

For a solid mile

The rabbit turned over and

He cried like a natural