'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do Bessie Smith

There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say That folks don't criticize me But I'm goin' to, do just as I want to anyway And don't care if they all despise meIf I should take a notion To jump

Bessie Smith Bob Dylan

Bessie was more than just a friend of mine We shared the good times with the bad Now many a year has passed me by I still recall the best thing I ever had I'm just goin' down the road t' see Bessie Oh,

Me And My Gin Bessie Smith

If this place gets raided, it's just me and my gin. Don't try me nobody, oh, you will never win. Don't try me nobody 'cause you will never win. I'll fight the army, navy just me and my gin.

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Bessie Smith

Once I lived the life of a millionaire, Spending my money, I didn't care I carried my friends out for a good time, Buying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine Then I began to fall so low, I

Guitar Boogie Arthur Smith

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Keep It To Yourself Bessie Smith

Keep It To Yourself If your man is nice and sweet Serving you lots of young pigmeat Oh yes, keep it to yourself If you know you are standing fast Got him worried where you at Oh yes, keep it

Do Your Duty Bessie Smith

If I cal three times a day baby Come and drive my blue away When you come, be ready to play Do your duty If you want to have some love Give your baby your last buck Don't come quackin' like

Ain't No More Cane Bob Dylan

Bessie was more than just a friend of mine We shared the good times with the bad Now many a year has passed me by I still recall the best thing I ever had I'm just goin' down the road t' see Bessie Oh,

See If I'll Care Bessie Smith

You say that you leavin' ant that you going away But before you leave, dear, please let me have my say I know that you feel good now with nothin' on your mind But just mark my words, dear, there'll

Young Woman's Blues Bessie Smith

No time to marry, no time to settle down" I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round Some people call me a hobo, some call me a bum Nobody

Poor Man's Blues Bessie Smith

times means While you're livin' in your mansion you don't know what hard times means Poor working man's wife is starvin', your wife is livin' like a queen Please, listen to my pleading, 'cause I

You've Been A Good Ole Wagon Bessie Smith

I want to tell you please get out of my sight I'm playing quits now : right from this very night You've have your day : don't stand around and frown You've been a good old wagon : daddy but you done

St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

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

Oh Daddy Blues Bessie Smith

Oh Daddy Blues Just like a flower I am fading away The doctor call to see me most every day But he don't do me no good, why?

Standin' In The Rain Blues Bessie Smith

Standin' in the rain and ain't a drop fell on me Standin' in the rain and ain't a drop fell on me My clothes is all wet but my flesh is as dry as can be It can rain all day, I ain't got no place

New Orleans Hop Scop Blues Bessie Smith

Old New Orleans is a great big old southern town, where hospitality you will surely find The population there is very, very fair, with ev'rything they do White folks do it too, they have a dance surely

Shipwreck Blues Bessie Smith

Shipwreck Blues Captain, tell your men to get on board I sure see 'em just pull into another shore I'm dreary in mind and I'm so worried in heart Oh the best of friends sho' has got to part

Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) Bessie Smith

Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) I had a man for fifteen years Give him his room and board Once he was like a Cadillac Now he's like an old worn out Ford He never brought me a lousy dime

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Bessie Smith

My heart's sad and I am all forlorn, my man's treating me mean I regret the day that I was born and that man of mine I've ever seen Happiness, it never lasts a day, my heart is almost breaking while

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith, Bessie Smith

When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night I woke up this mornin', can't

Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) Bessie Smith

Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore Headed homebound just once more To my Mississippi delta home Southland has that grand garden spot Although you believe or not I hear those breeze a-whispering:

Baby Won't You Please Come Home Bessie Smith

(Clarence Williams / Charles Warfield) I've got the blues, I feel so lonely I'll give the world if I could only Make you understand It surely would be grand I'm gonna telephone my baby Ask him won't

At The Christmas Ball Bessie Smith

"""Hey Bessie it's Christmas here"" Here! Here!

Preachin' The Blues Bessie Smith

Down in Atlanta, GA, under the viaduct ev'ry day, drinking corn and hollerin' hooray Pianos playing till the break of day But as I turned my head, I loudly said, "Preach 'em blues, sing them blues"

You've Got To Give Me Some Bessie Smith

Loving is the thing I crave For your love I'll be your slave You gotta give me some, yes give me some Can't you hear me pleading, you gotta give me some Said mister Jones to old butcher Pete

St. Louis Blues (성 루이 블루스) Bessie Smith

I hate to see de evenin' sun go down,? Hate to see de evenin' sun go down 'Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town. Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today,? Feel tomorrow like I feel today,?

St. Louis Blues (세인트 루이스 블루스) Bessie Smith

I hate to see de evenin' sun go down,? Hate to see de evenin' sun go down 'Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town. Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today,? Feel tomorrow like I feel today,?

The St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

I hate to see de evenin' sun go down, Hate to see de evenin' sun go down 'Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town.

Tread Lightly Kirsty MacColl

There ain't nothin' I can do or nothing I can say That folks don't criticize me But I'm gonna do what I want to anyway And I don't care just what people say If I should take a notion to jump into the ocean

Devil's Gonna Git You Bessie Smith

It's a long, long lane that has no turning And it's a fire that always keeps on burning Mister devil down below Pitchfork in his hand And that's where you are going to go Do you understand?

Empty Bed Blues Bessie Smith

Empty Bed Blues I woke up this morning with a awful aching head I woke up this morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bed Bought me a coffee grinder

T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do (Soundtrack Ver.) Diana Ross

There ain't nothin' i can do Or nothing i can say That folks don't criticize me But i'm gonna do what i want to anyway And i don't care just what people say If i should take a notion to jump into the ocean

Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do (Live) Diana Ross

There ain't nothin' i can do Or nothing i can say That folks don't criticize me But i'm gonna do what i want to anyway And i don't care just what people say If i should take a notion to jump into the ocean

Alexander's Ragtime Band Bessie Smith

natural that you want to go to war That's just the bestest band what am, Honey Lamb Come on along, come on along Let me take you by the hand Up to the man, up to the man Who's the leader of the band And if

Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl Bessie Smith

Tired of bein' lonely, tired of bein' blue I wished I had some good man, to tell my troubles to Seem like the whole world's wrong Since my man's been gone I need a little sugar in my bowl I need a

Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Bessie Smith

Judge you wanna hear my plea, before you open up your court But I don't want no sympathy, 'cause I done cut my good man's throat I caught him with a trifling Jane, I warned him 'bout before I

Graveyard Dream Blues Bessie Smith

Graveyard Dream Blues Blues on my mind, blues all around my head Blues on my mind, and blues all around my head I dreamed last night that the man that I love was dead I went to the graveyard,

Baby Doll Bessie Smith

Honey, there's a funny feeling 'round my heart, And it's bound to drive your mama wild It must be something they call the Cuban Doll, It weren't your mama's angel child I went to see the doctor

Boweavil Blues Bessie Smith

Boweavil's here, boweavil's everywhere you go I'm a lone boweavil, been out a great long time I'm a lone boweavil, been out a great long time For to sing this song, to ease boweavil's troublin' mind I

Squeeze Me Bessie Smith

Daddy, you've been doggone sweet on me, daddy, you the only one I see You know I need but you 'cause you my man, you can love me like no one can Something 'bout you I can't resist, and when you kiss

Lost Your Head Blues Bessie Smith

I was with you, baby, when you didn't have a dime I was with you, baby, when you didn't have a dime Now since you got a lot of money, you have thrown a good gal down Once ain't for always and

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith

When it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night When it rained five days and the sky turned dark as night Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night I woke up this mornin', can't even

Chicago Bound Blues Bessie Smith

Chicago Bound Blues Late last night, I sold away and cried Late last night, I sold away and cried Had the blues for Chicago, I just can't be satisfied Blues on my brain, my tongue refused to

Pickpocket Blues Bessie Smith

My best man, my best friend, Told me to stop peddlin' gin They even told me to keep my hands Out people's pocket where their money was in But I wouldn't listen or have any shame, 'long as

Mean Old Bedbug Blues Bessie Smith

Gals, bed bugs sure is evil, they don't mean me no good Yeah, bed bug sure is evil, they don't mean me no good Thinks he's a woodpecker and I'm a chunk of wood When I lay down at night, I wonder

Foolish Man Blues Bessie Smith

worser ev'ry day Men sure is deceitful and they's gettin' worser ev'ry day Act like a bunch of women, they's just-a gab, gab, gabbin' away There's two things got me puzzled, there's two things I

Empty Bed Blues (Part 2) Bessie Smith

I woke up this morning with a awful aching head I woke up this morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bedBought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could

Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) Bessie Smith

I woke up this morning with a awful aching head I woke up this morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bedBought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could

Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith

I'm so disgusted heart-broken, too I've got those down-hearted blues Once I was crazy 'bout a man he mistreated me all the time The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine!

Downhearted Blues Bessie Smith

I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too; I've got those down-hearted blues; Once I was crazy 'bout a man; he mistreated me all the time, The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine!