I feel bad, always sad
Trouble, trouble's driving me mad
Good old days of long ago
All have gone to come no more
That is why you always hear me hum
Mmmmmmm
Mmmmmmm
How my heart ache, soon it will break
I'm almost through, what can I do
Just to cure these awful

Sadie Brown and Linda Lee
Were as good a pair as could be
Till Sadie tried a brand new man
Start telling 'bout his good quality
How he could love, pet and tease
How the things he did would please
One night her good man give her the air
Sadie cried out loud righ

You want to say goodbye
No need to tell me why
Now that our little romance is through
All I can say is: good luck to you
Don't waste your tears on me
I don't need sympathy
Just go ahead about your business
Sweet daddy, let your mama be
I never miss the sun

All day long I'm worried, all night long I'm blue
I'm so awfully lonesome, I don't know what to do
So I ask you doctor, see if you can't find
Something in your satchel to satisfy my mind
Doctor, doctor, write me a prescription for the blues
The wearied blues
Let me

Oh, the gale is raging and my ship's without a sail
Oh, the gale is raging and my ship's without a sail
If the wind keeps on a-blowing, I won't be left to tell the tale
Oh, the ship is sinking and the lightning struck the mast
Now the ship is sinking and the lightning struck

Passing by the jail this morn'
Heard a hard luck brother mourn
I'm in here, right where I don't belong
I never did no wrong
As I passed by his window
I could hear him moaning his song
Sitting on the inside, looking at the outside
Waitin' for that evenin' mail <