Lyrics and translation Big Bill Broonzy - How Long Blues

How Long Blues

How long, baby how long,

Combien de temps, mon amour, combien de temps,

Has that evenin', Lord, train been gone?

Ce train du soir, Seigneur, est-il parti ?

She been gone so long, ah so long, baby how long?

Elle est partie depuis si longtemps, ah si longtemps, mon amour, combien de temps ?

Some day you gonna be sorry, that you've done me wrong,

Un jour, tu seras désolé, de m'avoir fait du mal,

It's goin' be too late baby, Lord, I declare, Bill will be gone

Il sera trop tard, mon amour, Seigneur, je le déclare, Bill sera parti

I be gone so long, now so long, baby now how long?

Je serai parti depuis si longtemps, maintenant si longtemps, mon amour, maintenant combien de temps ?

Standin' at the station, waitin' for a train

Debout à la gare, attendant un train

Deep down in my heart, baby, I declare, lay an aching pain

Au fond de mon cœur, mon amour, je le déclare, une douleur lancinante

You been gone so long, baby so long, baby how long?

Tu es partie depuis si longtemps, mon amour, si longtemps, mon amour, combien de temps ?

I can see the green grass, growing up on the hill,

Je vois l'herbe verte, pousser sur la colline,

I can't tell green grass, Lord, from a dollar bill

Je ne peux pas distinguer l'herbe verte, Seigneur, d'un billet de dollar

You been gone so long, ah so long, baby now how long?

Tu es partie depuis si longtemps, ah si longtemps, mon amour, maintenant combien de temps ?

I wished I could holler, like a mountain jack,

J'aimerais pouvoir hurler, comme un loup des montagnes,

I climb up on a tall mountain, I declare, I call my baby back

Je grimpe sur une haute montagne, je le déclare, j'appelle mon amour

She been gone so long, yes so long, baby so long?

Elle est partie depuis si longtemps, oui si longtemps, mon amour, si longtemps ?

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Writer(s): Carr Leroy Authur, Shayne Larry

Album

The Southern Blues

date of release

01-01-2004

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2 Sad Pencil Blues
3 Down and Lost In Mind
4 House Rent Stomp
5 W.P.A. Rag
6 It's Your Time Now
7 Night Time Is the Right Time
8 Sad Letter Blues
9 Come Home Early
10 Living On Easy Street
11 Horny Frog
12 You Do Me Any Old Way
13 Little Bug
14 Get Away
15 Come Up to My House
16 Black Widow Spider
17 Oh Baby (Don't Do Me That Way)
18 Southern Flood Blues
19 You Know I Got a Reason
20 Good Boy
21 Guitar Shuffle
22 How Long Blues
23 Backwater Blues
24 Willie Mae Blues
25 Jivin' Mr. Fuller Blues
26 Plowhand Blues
27 Hell Ain't But a Mile and a Quarter
28 Don't You Be No Fool
29 My Last Goodbye to You
30 L.C. Blues
31 That's All Right Baby
32 Too Many Drivers
33 Mary Blues
34 Just a Dream
35 Louise, Louise Blues
36 The Sun Gonna Shine In My Door Someday
37 I Can't Make You Satisfied
38 That's the Way She Likes It
39 Nancy Jane
40 Papa's Getting' Hot
41 Eagle Riding Papa
42 Guitar Rag
43 Pig Meat Strut
44 7 Grandma's Farm
45 Black Cat Rag
46 Pig Meat Blues
47 3 Six Shooter Blues
48 My Texas Blues
49 Starvation Blues
50 Down in the Basement Blues
51 Big Bill Blues
52 Somebody's Been Using That Thing
53 Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
54 Schooled Do Do
55 I Can't Be Satisfied
56 I'm Just a Bum
57 Mountain Blues
58 Rising Sun Shine On
59 Good Jelly
60 The Southern Blues
61 At the Break of Day
62 Saturday Night Rub
63 I Want to Go Home
64 You've Got To Hit The Right Lick
65 Long Tall Mama
66 Too Too Train Blues
67 How You Want It Done?
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