Lyrics and translation Bessie Smith - Sing Sing Prison Blues
Gonna
journey
up
the
Hudson
Je
vais
voyager
en
amont
de
l'Hudson
Goin'
on
a
lonesome
trail
Je
vais
sur
un
chemin
solitaire
Gonna
journey
up
the
Hudson
Je
vais
voyager
en
amont
de
l'Hudson
Goin'
on
a
lonesome
trail
Je
vais
sur
un
chemin
solitaire
They
can
put
me
in
the
Death
House
Ils
peuvent
me
mettre
dans
le
quartier
des
condamnés
à
mort
Or
keep
me
in
the
Sing
Sing
Jail
Ou
me
garder
dans
la
prison
de
Sing
Sing
I
wrote
and
asked
the
warden
J'ai
écrit
et
demandé
au
directeur
Why
they
called
the
jail
the
Sing
Sing
Pourquoi
ils
appelaient
la
prison
Sing
Sing
I
wrote
and
asked
the
warden
J'ai
écrit
et
demandé
au
directeur
Why
the
called
the
jail
the
Sing
Sing
Pourquoi
ils
appelaient
la
prison
Sing
Sing
He
said,
"Stand
here
by
this
rock
pile
Il
a
dit
: "Tiens-toi
ici
près
de
ce
tas
de
pierres
And
listen
to
them
hammers
ring"
Et
écoute
les
marteaux
sonner"
He
turns
in
the
court
house
Il
tourne
au
palais
de
justice
Papers
sellin'
for
fifty
cents
Des
journaux
se
vendent
à
cinquante
cents
He
turns
in
the
court
house
Il
tourne
au
palais
de
justice
Papers
sellin'
for
fifty
cents
Des
journaux
se
vendent
à
cinquante
cents
All
the
judge
tryin'
to
tell
me
Tous
les
juges
essaient
de
me
dire
My
lawyer's
pleadin'
self
defense
Mon
avocat
plaide
la
légitime
défense
The
judge
said,
"Listen,
Bessie
Le
juge
a
dit
: "Écoute,
Bessie
Tell
me
why
you
killed
your
man"
Dis-moi
pourquoi
tu
as
tué
ton
homme"
The
judge
said,
"Listen,
Bessie
Le
juge
a
dit
: "Écoute,
Bessie
Tell
me
why
you
killed
your
man"
Dis-moi
pourquoi
tu
as
tué
ton
homme"
I
said,
"Judge,
you
ain't
no
woman
J'ai
dit
: "Juge,
tu
n'es
pas
une
femme
And
you
can't
understand"
Et
tu
ne
peux
pas
comprendre"
You
can
send
me
up
the
river
Tu
peux
me
renvoyer
en
amont
du
fleuve
Or
send
me
to
that
mean
old
jail
Ou
me
renvoyer
dans
cette
vieille
prison
méchante
You
can
send
me
up
the
river
Tu
peux
me
renvoyer
en
amont
du
fleuve
Or
send
me
to
that
mean
old
jail
Ou
me
renvoyer
dans
cette
vieille
prison
méchante
I
killed
my
man
and
I
don't
need
no
bail
J'ai
tué
mon
homme
et
je
n'ai
pas
besoin
de
caution
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1
No Shoes
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
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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