These are the blues, nothin' but blues Oh, they say some people long ago Were searching for a diff'rent tune One, that they could croon as only they can They only had the rhythm So they started

Down in Louisiana There's a grand piano-playing man; He knows that they can't kid him 'Cause he's got hot rhythm in his hand. The blues that he'll compose will thrill you From your head to y

Down in Louisiana
There's a grand piano-playing man;
He knows that they can't kid him
'Cause he's got hot rhythm in his hand.
The blues that he'll compose will thrill you
From your head to your toes.
He called his song "Black Rhythm,"
'Cause his black hands did

What can I do
Now that you say we're through?
I'm left with the blues in my heart.

How can I smile
When love don't seem worthwhile?
I'm left with the blues in my heart.

How can I live?
What is there life can give
As long as we're apart?

How can

My mamma done tol' me,
When I was in knee pants,
My mamma done tol' me, "Son!
A woman'll sweet talk, and give ya the big eye,
But when the sweet talkin's done,
A woman's a two-face,
A worrisome thing who'll leave ya t' sing
The blues in the night"

Now the rain's

I got a big surprise when I saw you smile I never dreamed that it could be But now I realize since I saw you smile There's only happiness for me So Bye bye blues Bye bye blues Bells ri

There's a cabin in the southland
Where I long to go,
Little cabin in the cotton,
Where the cotton grows.

There's a cabin in the cotton,
Far away but not forgotten,
And in every recollection,
That's where my affection strays.

I got a feeling so sentimen

(Intro)
Hello railroad, is this the railroad?
I want a one-way ticket down to Tennessee
I'm leavin' immediately
Chattanooga here I come!

Pardon me, boy,
Is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
Track twenty-nine,
Boy, you can give me a shine.

I can af

Gee, but it's hard to love someone When that someone don't love you; I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too I've got those down-hearted blues. I was crazy 'bout a gal, She mistreated me all t

Maud and Mabel, seated at a table Talking over bygone days Mabel sporty, fat and over forty Said, “Remember Edith Hayes” Eadie was a sucker for a bottle and glass But in spite of everything

Evening breezes hum their lullaby there's a million candles in the sky I put on my sunday suit of blue Emaline, just for you Now I'm standing at your garden gate and the village clock is striki

Evenin', Every night you come and you find me, Must you always come and remind me, That my gal is gone. Hurry, evenin', Don't you see I'm deep in your power, Every minute seems like an h

Sadness just makes me sigh, I've come to say goodbye, Altho' I go, I've got those farewell blues. Those farewell blues make me yearn, That parting kiss seems to burn. Farewell, dearie, Somed

What's the matter with you, pops; you sure look beat about the gills this bright. Oh, man, that soft cut out on me. What you sayin'? Yes, she copped a final on me. I know you was too proud.

I'm the world's most happy creature,
Tell me, what can worry me?
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
And my baby's crazy 'bout me!

Mr. Cupid was our teacher,
That's the reason we agree,
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
And my baby's crazy 'bout me!

Parson, get your book

Folks, now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher
She was a red-hot hootchie-cootcher
She was the roughest, toughest frail
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
He-de-he-de-he-de-he!
Ho-de-ho-de-ho!

Now, she me

Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary
See my baby there
She's stretched out on a long, white table
So sweet, so cold, so fair

Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She will search this wide world over
But she'll never find another sweet ma

Baby, won't you please come home 'Cause your daddy's all alone I have tried in vain Never no more to call your name. When you left you broke my heart Because I never thought we'd part Every ho

Now, here's a very entrancing phrase,
It will put you in a daze,
To me it don't mean a thing,
But it's got a very peculiar swing!
Zaz-zuh-zaz-zuh-zaz,
Zaz-zuh-zaz-zuh-zay,
Zaz-zuh-zaz-zuh-zaz,
Zaz-zuh-zaz-zuh-zay!

Now, zaz-zuh-zaz was handed down
From a blok