Lyrics Beale Street Mama - Bessie Smith
Jenny
Neale
Down
in
Beale
Gave
her
papa
the
air
Left
him
cold
Got
him
told
Said
she
didn't
care
Old
Joe,
her
beau
Looked
just
like
he
would
die
If
you
was
near
him
You
would
hear
him
Sob
his
mournful
cry
Beale
Street
Papa
Why
don't
you
come
back
home?
It
isn't
proper
to
leave
your
mama
all
alone
Sometimes
I
was
cruel,
that
was
true
But
Papa,
you
know
Mama
never
two-timed
you
Boo-hoo,
I'm
blue
So
how
come
you
do
me
like
you
do?
I'm
cryin'
Beale
Street
Papa,
don't
mess
around
with
me
There's
plenty
pettin'
that
I
can
get
in
Tennessee
I'll
still
get
my
sweet
cooking,
constantly
But
not
the
kind
you
served
to
me
So
Beale
Street
Papa,
come
back
home
So
how
come
you
do
me
like
you
do?
I'm
cryin'
Beale
Street
Papa,
don't
mess
around
with
me
There's
plenty
pettin'
that
I
can
get
in
Tennessee
I
bought
a
rifle,
razor
and
a
knife
A
postal
card
can't
save
my
life
So
Beale
Street
Papa,
come
back
home
1 Down Hearted Blues
2 Gulf Coast Blues
3 Aggravatin' Papa
4 Beale Street Mama
5 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
6 Oh Daddy Blues (You Won't Have No Mama at All)
7 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
8 Keeps on A-Rainin' (Papa He Can't Make No Time)
9 Mama's Got the Blues
10 Outside of That
11 Bleeding Hearted Blues
12 Lady Luck Blues
13 Yodling Blues
14 Midnight Blues
15 If You Don't, I Know Who Will
16 Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
17 Jail-House Blues
18 St. Louis Gal
19 Sam Jones' Blues
20 Graveyard Dream Blues - 78rpm Version
21 Cemetery Blues
22 Far Away Blues
23 I'm Going Back to My Used to Be
24 Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
25 My Sweetie Went Away
26 Any Woman's Blues
27 Chicago Bound Blues
28 Mistreating Daddy
29 Frosty Morning Blues
30 Haunted House Blues
31 Eavesdropper's Blues
32 Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
33 Sorrowful Blues
34 Pinch Back Blues
35 Rocking Chair Blues
36 Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
37 Boweavil Blues
38 Hateful Blues
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