Lyrics Preachin' the Blues - Bessie Smith
Down
in
Atlanta,
GA
Under
the
viaduct
ev'ry
day
Drinking
corn
and
hollerin'
hooray
Pianos
playing
'til
the
break
of
day
But
as
I
turned
my
head
I
loudly
said,
"Preach
'em
blues,
sing
them
blues"
They
certainly
sound
good
to
me
I've
been
in
love
for
the
last
six
months
and
ain't
done
worrying
yet
Moan
'em
blues,
holler
them
blues
Let
me
convert
your
soul
'Cause
just
a
little
spirit
of
the
blues
tonight
Let
me
tell
you,
girls,
that
your
man
ain't
treating
you
right
Let
me
tell
you
I
don't
mean
no
wrong
I
will
learn
you
something
if
you
listen
to
this
song
I
ain't
here
to
try
to
save
your
soul
Just
want
to
teach
you
how
to
save
your
good
jelly
roll
Going
on
down
the
line
a
little
further
now
There's
many
a
poor
woman
down
Read
on
down
to
chapter
nine
Woman
must
learn
how
to
take
their
time
Read
on
down
to
chapter
ten
Taking
other
women's
men,
you
are
doing
a
sin
Sing'em,
sing'em,
sing
them
blues
Let
me
convert
your
soul
Now
one
sister
by
the
name
of
Sister
Green
Jumped
up
and
done
a
shimmy
you
ain't
never
seen
Sing
'em,
sing
'em,
sing
them
blues
Let
me
convert
your
soul
1 Down Hearted Blues
2 Gulf Coat Blues
3 Jail-House Blues
4 St. Louis Gal
5 Aggravatin' Papa
6 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
7 Chicago Bound Blues
8 Aint Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
9 Any Woman's Blues
10 Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
11 Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
12 Hateful Blues
13 Careless Love Blues
14 New Gulf Coast Blues
15 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
16 The Yellow Dog Blues
17 I Ain't Got Nobody
18 What's the Matter Now
19 Baby Doll
20 Hard Driving Papa
21 The Gin House Blues
22 Lost Your Head Blues
23 After You've Gone
24 Back Water Blues
25 Preachin' the Blues
26 Alexander's Ragtime Band
27 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
28 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
29 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
30 Thinking Blues
31 I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
32 Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
33 Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
34 Spider Man Blues
35 Slow and Easy Man
36 I'm Wild About That Thing
37 You've Got to Give Me Some
38 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
39 Wasted Life Blues
40 Don't Cry Baby
41 Baby, Have Pity on Me
42 Hustlin' Dan
43 Black Mountain Blues
44 In the House Blues
45 Blue Blue
46 I Need A Little Dugar In My Bowl
47 Safety Mama
48 Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
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