Lyrics and translation Bessie Smith - Nashville Women's Blues
Folks,
I
know
you
all
have
heard
the
blues
Mon
chéri,
je
sais
que
tu
as
déjà
entendu
parler
du
blues
But
this
is
what
you
likely
never
knew
Mais
voici
ce
que
tu
ne
sais
probablement
pas
And
in
that
city,
Tennessee
Et
dans
cette
ville,
au
Tennessee
Every
night
about
half
past
three
Tous
les
soirs,
vers
trois
heures
et
demie
The
women
down
there
pays
out
the
shivaree
Les
femmes
là-bas
se
donnent
en
spectacle
Down
in
Nashville,
Tennessee
Dans
le
Tennessee,
à
Nashville
Down
in
Nashville,
Tennessee
Dans
le
Tennessee,
à
Nashville
Women
down
there,
they
does
the
shivaree
Les
femmes
là-bas
se
donnent
en
spectacle
If
you
go
down
there,
and
have
no
time
to
lose
Si
tu
y
vas,
et
que
tu
n'as
pas
de
temps
à
perdre
Just
go
uptown
and
buy
a
new
pair
of
shoes
Va
en
ville
et
achète-toi
une
nouvelle
paire
de
chaussures
Folks
down
there,
they
drinks
a
lots
of
booze
Les
gens
là-bas
boivent
beaucoup
You
can
suggest
what
you
choose
Tu
peux
proposer
ce
que
tu
veux
I
have
got
those
Nashville
women's
blues
J'ai
le
blues
des
femmes
de
Nashville
Down
there,
they
strut
their
stuff
Là-bas,
elles
se
pavanent
Down
there,
they
strut
their
stuff
Là-bas,
elles
se
pavanent
It
really
ain't
no
bluff
Ce
n'est
pas
un
bluff
You
can
say
what
you
choose
Tu
peux
dire
ce
que
tu
veux
I
have
got
those
Nashville
women's
blues
J'ai
le
blues
des
femmes
de
Nashville
Rate the translation
1
No Shoes
2 Half a Stranger
3 Wednesday Evening Blues
4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Maudie
6 Dimples
7 Crawling Kingsnake
8 I Love You Honey
9 Alberta
10 Shake, Holler And Run
11 Hobo Blues
12 Cool Little Car
13 Blues Before Sunrise
14 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
15 Louise
16 I'm so Excited
17 Whiskey and Wimmen
18 Ride Till I Die
19 Want Ad Blues
20 No Mail Blues
21 Unlucky woman
22 Airplane Blues
23 The World Is In a Tangle
24 Good Feeling Blues
25 Mighty Long Time
26 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
27 Midnight Special
28 Mr. Conductor Man
29 Milk Cow Blues
30 Booker T Blues
31 The Bourgeois Blues
32 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
33 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
34 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
35 Statesboro Blues
36 Hard Days
37 Country Blues
38 Rollin' Stone
39 Hoochie Coochie Man
40 Jitterbug Blues
41 Ramblin' Kid Blues
42 I Be's Troubled
43 Louisiana Blues
44 Muddy Jumps One
45 Gipsy Woman
46 Walking Blues
47 Juke
48 Blue Baby
49 How Many More Years
50 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
51 That's A Pretty Good Love
52 River Blues, Part 1
53 I Want to Rock
54 Fine Looking Woman
55 Everyday I Have The Blues
56 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
57 Good Morning
58 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
59 Fixin' To Die Blues
60 Just My Broom
61 Everyday I Have the Blues
62 Love Blues
63 Rock House Boogie
64 I'm In the Mood
65 Boogie Chillen'
66 Run On
67 Time Is Marching
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 Maudie
6 Dimples
7 Crawling Kingsnake
8 I Love You Honey
9 Alberta
10 Shake, Holler And Run
11 Hobo Blues
12 Cool Little Car
13 Blues Before Sunrise
14 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
15 Louise
16 I'm so Excited
17 Whiskey and Wimmen
18 Ride Till I Die
19 Want Ad Blues
20 No Mail Blues
21 Unlucky woman
22 Airplane Blues
23 The World Is In a Tangle
24 Good Feeling Blues
25 Mighty Long Time
26 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
27 Midnight Special
28 Mr. Conductor Man
29 Milk Cow Blues
30 Booker T Blues
31 The Bourgeois Blues
32 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
33 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
34 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
35 Statesboro Blues
36 Hard Days
37 Country Blues
38 Rollin' Stone
39 Hoochie Coochie Man
40 Jitterbug Blues
41 Ramblin' Kid Blues
42 I Be's Troubled
43 Louisiana Blues
44 Muddy Jumps One
45 Gipsy Woman
46 Walking Blues
47 Juke
48 Blue Baby
49 How Many More Years
50 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
51 That's A Pretty Good Love
52 River Blues, Part 1
53 I Want to Rock
54 Fine Looking Woman
55 Everyday I Have The Blues
56 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
57 Good Morning
58 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
59 Fixin' To Die Blues
60 Just My Broom
61 Everyday I Have the Blues
62 Love Blues
63 Rock House Boogie
64 I'm In the Mood
65 Boogie Chillen'
66 Run On
67 Time Is Marching
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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