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Composer: John Robinson, Roy Turk

Bessie Smith - Beale Street Mama lyrics



Jenny Neale,
Down in Beale,
Gave her papa the air;
Left him cold,
Got him told,
Said she didn't care.
Old Joe, her beau,
Looked just like he would die;
If you was near him,
You would hear him
Sob his mournful cry:

Beale Street Papa,
Why don't you come back home?
It isn't proper to leave your mama all alone!
Sometimes I was cruel, that was true,
But Papa, you know Mama never two-timed you!
Boo-hoo, I'm blue;
So how come you do me like you do?
I'm cryin'!
Beale Street Papa, don't mess around with me!
There's plenty pettin' that I can get in Tennessee,
I'll still get my sweet cooking, constantly,
But not the kind you served to me,
So Beale Street Papa, come back home!

So how come you do me like you do?
I'm cryin'!
Beale Street Papa, don't mess around with me!
There's plenty pettin' that I can get in Tennessee,
I bought a rifle, razor and a knife,
A full support [?] can't save my life;
So Beale Street Papa, come back home!
Songs list of album: World's Greatest Blues Singer (1923)
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01    Downhearted Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    Gulf Coast Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
03    Aggravatin' Papa lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Beale Street Mama lyrics   -
05    Baby Won't You Please Come Home lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    Oh Daddy! You Won't Have No Mama at All lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    Keeps on A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    Mama's Got the Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    Outside of That lyrics Add lyrics   -
11    Bleeding Hearted Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
12    Lady Luck Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    Yodling Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
14    Midnight Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
15    If You Don't, I Know Who Will lyrics Add lyrics   -
16    Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine lyrics Add lyrics   -
17    See If I'll Care lyrics Add lyrics   -
18    Baby Have Pity on Me lyrics Add lyrics   -
19    On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual) lyrics Add lyrics   -
20    Moan, You Moaners lyrics Add lyrics   -
21    Hustlin' Dan lyrics Add lyrics   -
22    Black Mountain Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
23    In the House Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
24    Long Old Road lyrics Add lyrics   -
25    Blue Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
26   Shipwreck Blues lyrics   -
27    Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl lyrics Add lyrics   -
28    Safety Mama lyrics Add lyrics   -
29    Do Your Duty lyrics Add lyrics   -
30    Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) lyrics Add lyrics   -
31    Take Me for a Buggy Ride lyrics Add lyrics   -
32    I'm Down in the Dumps lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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