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I was dreaming lucky    But woke up cold in hand; I dreamed I had a dollar    But woke up cold in hand. Woke up this morning    Feel around for my shoes. You know about that?    They took yours too? Sometimes I feel    Like walkin'. Sometimes I feel    Like cryin'. Sometimes I feel    Like a motherless child. Sometimes I feel    Like I ain't no one at all. Say brother,    I can't make change       For a nickle. Say sister, oh sister,    Can you spare me       One thin dime? "When a man gets the blues He grabs a train and rides." I know    I ain't no man. "When a woman gets the blues She hangs her head and cries." I know    I don't feel       Like no woman. So when I get me back    My walkin' shoes,       Those worn out, old walkin' shoes, I'm takin' this suitcase    Full of blues I got       And ride the boxcar blinds Past Boogie Street    All the way to       Johnson's Crossroads. Lines in Quotations are direct from Train Whistle Blues by Jimmie Rodgers, 1929
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Sep 29, 2013
Sep 29, 2013 at 3:24 PM UTC
Ms. J's Blues (A Tribute)
I was dreaming lucky    But woke up cold in hand; I dreamed I had a dollar    But woke up cold in hand. Woke up this morning    Feel around for my shoes. You know about that?    They took yours too? Sometimes I feel    Like walkin'. Sometimes I feel    Like cryin'. Sometimes I feel    Like a motherless child. Sometimes I feel    Like I ain't no one at all. Say brother,    I can't make change       For a nickle. Say sister, oh sister,    Can you spare me       One thin dime? "When a man gets the blues He grabs a train and rides." I know    I ain't no man. "When a woman gets the blues She hangs her head and cries." I know    I don't feel       Like no woman. So when I get me back    My walkin' shoes,       Those worn out, old walkin' shoes, I'm takin' this suitcase    Full of blues I got       And ride the boxcar blinds Past Boogie Street    All the way to       Johnson's Crossroads. Lines in Quotations are direct from Train Whistle Blues by Jimmie Rodgers, 1929
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Sep 29, 2013
Sep 29, 2013 at 3:24 PM UTC
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