Lyrics and translation Bessie Smith - Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Gals,
bed
bugs
sure
is
evil,
they
don't
mean
me
no
good
Les
filles,
les
punaises
de
lit
sont
vraiment
méchantes,
elles
ne
me
veulent
pas
de
bien
Yeah,
bed
bug
sure
is
evil,
they
don't
mean
me
no
good
Ouais,
les
punaises
de
lit
sont
vraiment
méchantes,
elles
ne
me
veulent
pas
de
bien
Thinks
he's
a
woodpecker
and
I'm
a
chunk
of
wood
Elle
pense
être
un
pic-bois
et
que
je
suis
un
morceau
de
bois
When
I
lay
down
at
night,
I
wonder
how
can
a
poor
gal
sleep
Quand
je
me
couche
le
soir,
je
me
demande
comment
une
pauvre
fille
peut
dormir
When
I
lay
down
at
night,
I
wonder
how
can
a
poor
gal
sleep
Quand
je
me
couche
le
soir,
je
me
demande
comment
une
pauvre
fille
peut
dormir
When
some
is
holding
my
hand,
others
eating
my
feet
Quand
l'une
me
tient
la
main,
les
autres
me
mangent
les
pieds
Bed
bugs
as
big
as
a
jackass
Des
punaises
de
lit
aussi
grosses
qu'un
âne
, Will
bite
you
and
stand
and
grin
, Elles
te
mordront
et
te
regarderont
avec
un
sourire
narquois
Bed
bug
as
big
as
a
jackass,
will
bite
you
and
stand
and
grin
Des
punaises
de
lit
aussi
grosses
qu'un
âne,
elles
te
mordront
et
te
regarderont
avec
un
sourire
narquois
Will
drink
all
the
bed
bugs
for
them
Je
boirai
tout
le
sang
pour
les
punaises
de
lit
Turn
around
and
bite
you
again
Je
me
retournerai
et
te
mordrai
à
nouveau
Something
moan
in
the
corner,
I
tried
my
best
to
see
Quelque
chose
gémit
dans
le
coin,
j'ai
essayé
de
voir
Something
moan
in
the
corner,
I
went
over
and
see
Quelque
chose
gémit
dans
le
coin,
je
suis
allée
voir
It
was
the
bedbug
mother
prayin',
Lord,
gimme
some
more
cheese
C'était
la
mère
des
punaises
de
lit
qui
priait :
"Seigneur,
donne-moi
encore
du
fromage !"
Got
myself
a
wishbone,
left
my
brother
and
got
my
gal
J'ai
trouvé
un
os
de
souhait,
j'ai
quitté
mon
frère
et
j'ai
pris
ma
fille
Got
myself
a
wishbone,
with
it
could
see
your
doggone
throne
J'ai
trouvé
un
os
de
souhait,
avec
lui,
je
pourrais
voir
ton
sale
trône
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4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Time Is Marching
6 Run On
7 Boogie Chillen'
8 I'm In the Mood
9 Rock House Boogie
10 Love Blues
11 Maudie
12 Dimples
13 Crawling Kingsnake
14 I Love You Honey
15 Alberta
16 Shake, Holler And Run
17 Hobo Blues
18 Cool Little Car
19 Blues Before Sunrise
20 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
21 Louise
22 I'm so Excited
23 Whiskey and Wimmen
24 Ride Till I Die
25 Want Ad Blues
26 Everyday I Have the Blues
27 No Mail Blues
28 Unlucky woman
29 Airplane Blues
30 The World Is In a Tangle
31 Just My Broom
32 Fixin' To Die Blues
33 Good Feeling Blues
34 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
35 Good Morning
36 Mighty Long Time
37 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
38 Midnight Special
39 Mr. Conductor Man
40 Milk Cow Blues
41 Booker T Blues
42 The Bourgeois Blues
43 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
44 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
45 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Hard Days
48 Country Blues
49 Rollin' Stone
50 Hoochie Coochie Man
51 Jitterbug Blues
52 Ramblin' Kid Blues
53 I Be's Troubled
54 Louisiana Blues
55 Muddy Jumps One
56 Gipsy Woman
57 Walking Blues
58 Juke
59 Blue Baby
60 How Many More Years
61 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
62 That's A Pretty Good Love
63 River Blues, Part 1
64 I Want to Rock
65 Fine Looking Woman
66 Everyday I Have The Blues
67 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
68 That Evil Child
69 Mr. Pawnbroker
70 Walkin' And Cryin'
71 Three O'clock In The Morning Blues
72 Outside Help
73 Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
74 Quit My Baby
75 Sweet Sixteen
76 The Other Night Blues
77 It's My Own Fault
78 How Blue Can You Get
79 A New Way of Driving
80 Catfish Blues
81 Guess Who
82 Long Nights
83 B.B. Boogie
84 The Letter
85 Stormy Weather
86 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
87 Trombone Cholly
88 Send Me to the Electric Chair
89 Nashville Women's Blues
90 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
91 Lock and Hey
92 Alexander's Ragtime Band
93 I Won't Be You
94 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
95 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
96 The Yellow Dog Blues
97 Honey Man Blues
98 Reckless Blues
99 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
100 Cake Walkin' Babies
101 Sing Sing Prison Blues
102 I Want Ev'ry Bit of It
103 After You're Gone
104 Ain't Got Nobody
105 Black Water Blues
106 Sinful Blues
107 Careless Love
108 Hound Dog
109 Me & My Chauffeur Blues
110 My Gal's a Jockey
111 Midnight Hour Blues
112 Hootin' the Blues
113 Korea Blues
114 The Mojo Boogie
115 Write Me a Letter
116 You're My Best Poker Hand
117 Stormy Monday Blues
118 Married Woman's Boogie
119 Stack of Dollars
120 5-10-15 Hours
121 Spoonfull Blues
122 Guitar Blues
123 Away Down In the Alley
124 Blues 5
125 I'm so Glad
126 That Crawling Baby Blue
127 Rabbit Foot Blues
128 Back to Korea
129 County Jail Special
130 Homeless And Hungry Blues
131 Let's Try It Again
132 I'm Mighty Tight Woman
133 Texas Hop
134 Cake Walking Babies
135 Canned Heat Blues
136 Crazy Blues
137 Freight Train Blues
138 CC Rider
139 Leaving This Morning
140 Rolling Log Blues
141 Romance In The Dark
142 Tb Blues
143 Christmas Morning Blues
144 Six Three O
145 Crazy World
146 Shotgun Blues
147 Freight Train Blues
148 My Good Pott
149 Don't Be Angry
150 The Hucklebuck
151 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
152 Bottle It Up and Go
153 Hard Times Blues
154 Gotta Go Baby
155 Big Town Playboy
156 County Jail Blues
157 Chauffeur Blues
2 Half a Stranger
3 Wednesday Evening Blues
4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Time Is Marching
6 Run On
7 Boogie Chillen'
8 I'm In the Mood
9 Rock House Boogie
10 Love Blues
11 Maudie
12 Dimples
13 Crawling Kingsnake
14 I Love You Honey
15 Alberta
16 Shake, Holler And Run
17 Hobo Blues
18 Cool Little Car
19 Blues Before Sunrise
20 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
21 Louise
22 I'm so Excited
23 Whiskey and Wimmen
24 Ride Till I Die
25 Want Ad Blues
26 Everyday I Have the Blues
27 No Mail Blues
28 Unlucky woman
29 Airplane Blues
30 The World Is In a Tangle
31 Just My Broom
32 Fixin' To Die Blues
33 Good Feeling Blues
34 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
35 Good Morning
36 Mighty Long Time
37 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
38 Midnight Special
39 Mr. Conductor Man
40 Milk Cow Blues
41 Booker T Blues
42 The Bourgeois Blues
43 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
44 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
45 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Hard Days
48 Country Blues
49 Rollin' Stone
50 Hoochie Coochie Man
51 Jitterbug Blues
52 Ramblin' Kid Blues
53 I Be's Troubled
54 Louisiana Blues
55 Muddy Jumps One
56 Gipsy Woman
57 Walking Blues
58 Juke
59 Blue Baby
60 How Many More Years
61 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
62 That's A Pretty Good Love
63 River Blues, Part 1
64 I Want to Rock
65 Fine Looking Woman
66 Everyday I Have The Blues
67 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
68 That Evil Child
69 Mr. Pawnbroker
70 Walkin' And Cryin'
71 Three O'clock In The Morning Blues
72 Outside Help
73 Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
74 Quit My Baby
75 Sweet Sixteen
76 The Other Night Blues
77 It's My Own Fault
78 How Blue Can You Get
79 A New Way of Driving
80 Catfish Blues
81 Guess Who
82 Long Nights
83 B.B. Boogie
84 The Letter
85 Stormy Weather
86 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
87 Trombone Cholly
88 Send Me to the Electric Chair
89 Nashville Women's Blues
90 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
91 Lock and Hey
92 Alexander's Ragtime Band
93 I Won't Be You
94 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
95 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
96 The Yellow Dog Blues
97 Honey Man Blues
98 Reckless Blues
99 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
100 Cake Walkin' Babies
101 Sing Sing Prison Blues
102 I Want Ev'ry Bit of It
103 After You're Gone
104 Ain't Got Nobody
105 Black Water Blues
106 Sinful Blues
107 Careless Love
108 Hound Dog
109 Me & My Chauffeur Blues
110 My Gal's a Jockey
111 Midnight Hour Blues
112 Hootin' the Blues
113 Korea Blues
114 The Mojo Boogie
115 Write Me a Letter
116 You're My Best Poker Hand
117 Stormy Monday Blues
118 Married Woman's Boogie
119 Stack of Dollars
120 5-10-15 Hours
121 Spoonfull Blues
122 Guitar Blues
123 Away Down In the Alley
124 Blues 5
125 I'm so Glad
126 That Crawling Baby Blue
127 Rabbit Foot Blues
128 Back to Korea
129 County Jail Special
130 Homeless And Hungry Blues
131 Let's Try It Again
132 I'm Mighty Tight Woman
133 Texas Hop
134 Cake Walking Babies
135 Canned Heat Blues
136 Crazy Blues
137 Freight Train Blues
138 CC Rider
139 Leaving This Morning
140 Rolling Log Blues
141 Romance In The Dark
142 Tb Blues
143 Christmas Morning Blues
144 Six Three O
145 Crazy World
146 Shotgun Blues
147 Freight Train Blues
148 My Good Pott
149 Don't Be Angry
150 The Hucklebuck
151 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
152 Bottle It Up and Go
153 Hard Times Blues
154 Gotta Go Baby
155 Big Town Playboy
156 County Jail Blues
157 Chauffeur Blues
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