St. Louis Blues

St Louis Blues - Cab Calloway (凯伯·凯洛威)

I hate to see that evening sun go down

I hate to see that evening sun go down

＇Cause my lovin＇ baby done left this town

If I feel tomorrow like I feel today

If I feel tomorrow like I feel today

I＇m gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway

Oh that St Louis woman with her diamond rings

She pulls my man around by her apron strings

And if it wasn＇t for powder and her store-bought hair

Oh that man of mine wouldn＇t go nowhere

I got those St Louis blues just as blue as I can be

Oh my man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea

Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me

I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie

Like a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye

I＇ll love my man until the day I die Lord Lord

I got the St Louis blues just as blue as I can be Lord Lord

That man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea

Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me

I got those St Louis blues I got the blues I got the blues I got the blues

My man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea

Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me Lord Lord

Another version

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A

Got St Louis blues blue as I can be;

B

There＇s two people in this world I just can＇t stand;

There＇s two people in this world I just can＇t stand;

That＇s a two-faced woman and a lyin＇ man;

B

I＇m gonna leave this town walkin＇ talkin＇ to myself;

I＇m gonna leave this town walkin＇ talkin＇ to myself;

Because the sweet woman I love she belongs to somebody else

C (The following verse is so heavily scatted that it is virtually incomprehensible )

Oh I say look here sweet mama someday your papa＇s

When that big old hound comes around

And when that big old piece of hound comes

He＇s sure gonna leave this town

B

I＇m goin＇ back to Chicago to have my hambone boiled;

I＇m goin＇ way back to Chicago to have my hambone boiled;

Because these women in New York City let my good hambone spoil

D

I got the St Louis blues sweet mama got St Louis blues just blue

Blue as I can be St Louis blues; baby

Aw your daddy got St Louis blues sweet mama

All those blues I＇m blue as I can be

Version 3

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I hate to see that evenin＇ sun go down

I hate to see that evenin＇ sun go down

＇Cause my baby has left this town

If I＇m feelin＇ tomorrow just like I feel today

If I＇m feelin＇ tomorrow like I feel today

I＇ll pack my trunk and make my get-away

St Louis woman with all her diamond rings

Stole that man of mine by her apron strings;

If it wasn＇t for powder and her store-bought hair

That man I love wouldn＇t＇ve gone nowhere

Nowhere

I＇ve got the St Louis blues just as blue as I can be;

Lord that man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea

Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me

Gee I love that man like a school boy loves his pie

Just like an old Kentucky colonel loves his rock and rye

I guess I＇ll love that man until the day I die