Lyrics and translation Bessie Smith - Pickpocket Blues
My
best
man,
my
best
friend
Mon
meilleur
homme,
mon
meilleur
ami
Told
me
to
stop
peddlin'
gin
M'a
dit
d'arrêter
de
vendre
du
gin
They
even
told
me
to
keep
my
hands
Ils
m'ont
même
dit
de
garder
mes
mains
Out
of
people's
pocket
where
their
money
was
in
Hors
des
poches
des
gens
où
leur
argent
était
But
I
wouldn't
listen
or
have
any
shame
Mais
je
n'écoutais
pas
et
n'avais
aucune
honte
Long
as
someone
else
would
take
the
blame
Tant
que
quelqu'un
d'autre
prendrait
le
blâme
Now
I
can
see
it
all
come
home
to
me
Maintenant
je
peux
voir
que
tout
ça
me
revient
I'm
sittin'
in
the
jailhouse
now
Je
suis
maintenant
assise
dans
la
prison
I
mean,
I'm
in
the
jailhouse
now
Je
veux
dire,
je
suis
maintenant
dans
la
prison
I
done
stop
runnin'
around
with
this
one
J'ai
arrêté
de
traîner
avec
celui-là
And
these
good
lookin'
browns
Et
ces
beaux
bruns
Any
time
you
see
me,
I
was
good
time
bound
Chaque
fois
que
tu
me
vois,
j'étais
à
la
recherche
de
bons
moments
With
this
one,
that
one,
most
all
in
town
Avec
celui-là,
celui-là,
la
plupart
de
ceux
de
la
ville
I'm
in
the
jailhouse
now
Je
suis
maintenant
en
prison
I'm
sittin'
in
the
jailhouse
now
Je
suis
maintenant
assise
en
prison
I'm
sittin'
in
the
jailhouse
now
Je
suis
maintenant
assise
en
prison
I
mean,
I'm
in
the
jailhouse
now
Je
veux
dire,
je
suis
maintenant
dans
la
prison
I
done
stop
runnin'
around
J'ai
arrêté
de
traîner
With
all
of
my
good
lookin'
browns
Avec
tous
mes
beaux
bruns
Any
time
you
see
me,
I
was
good
time
bound
Chaque
fois
que
tu
me
vois,
j'étais
à
la
recherche
de
bons
moments
With
this
one,
that
one,
most
all
in
town
Avec
celui-là,
celui-là,
la
plupart
de
ceux
de
la
ville
I'm
in
the
jailhouse
now
Je
suis
maintenant
en
prison
I'm
sittin'
in
the
jailhouse
now
Je
suis
maintenant
assise
en
prison
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1
Red Mountain Blues
2 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
3 Trombone Cholly
4 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
5 Them's Graveyard Words
6 Hot Springs Blues
7 Sweet Mistreater
8 Lock and Key
9 Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
10 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
11 Homeless Blues
12 Looking for My Man Blues
13 Dyin' by the Hour
14 Foolish Man Blues
15 Thinking Blues
16 Pickpocket Blues
17 I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
18 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
19 Alexander's Ragtime Band
20 After You've Gone
21 Back Water Blues
22 Golden Rule Blues
23 Lonesome Desert Blues
24 Them "Has Been" Blues
25 Squeeze Me
26 What's the Matter Now
27 I Want Every Bit of It
28 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
29 The Gin House Blues
30 Money Blues
31 Baby Doll
32 Hard Driving Papa
33 Lost Your Head Blues
34 Hard Time Blues
35 Honey Man Blues
36 One and Two Blues
37 Young Woman's Blues
38 Preachin' the Blues
39 I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
2 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
3 Trombone Cholly
4 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
5 Them's Graveyard Words
6 Hot Springs Blues
7 Sweet Mistreater
8 Lock and Key
9 Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
10 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
11 Homeless Blues
12 Looking for My Man Blues
13 Dyin' by the Hour
14 Foolish Man Blues
15 Thinking Blues
16 Pickpocket Blues
17 I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
18 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
19 Alexander's Ragtime Band
20 After You've Gone
21 Back Water Blues
22 Golden Rule Blues
23 Lonesome Desert Blues
24 Them "Has Been" Blues
25 Squeeze Me
26 What's the Matter Now
27 I Want Every Bit of It
28 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
29 The Gin House Blues
30 Money Blues
31 Baby Doll
32 Hard Driving Papa
33 Lost Your Head Blues
34 Hard Time Blues
35 Honey Man Blues
36 One and Two Blues
37 Young Woman's Blues
38 Preachin' the Blues
39 I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
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