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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!
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| Songs list of album: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 [Columbia/Legacy]
(1991) |
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Title |
Rating |
| 01 |
Downhearted Blues lyrics  |
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| 02 |
Gulf Coast Blues lyrics |
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| 03 |
Aggravatin' Papa lyrics |
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| 04 |
Beale Street Mama lyrics |
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| 05 |
Baby Won't You Please Come Home lyrics |
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| 06 |
Oh! Daddy Blues lyrics |
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| 07 |
'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do lyrics |
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| 08 |
Keeps on A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) lyrics |
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| 09 |
Mama's Got the Blues lyrics |
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| 10 |
Outside of That lyrics |
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| 11 |
Bleeding Hearted Blues lyrics |
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| 12 |
Lady Luck Blues lyrics |
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| 13 |
Yodling Blues lyrics |
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| 14 |
Midnight Blues lyrics |
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| 15 |
If You Don't, I Know Who Will lyrics |
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| 16 |
Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine lyrics |
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| 17 |
Jailhouse Blues lyrics |
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| 18 |
St. Louis Gal lyrics |
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| 19 |
Sam Jones Blues lyrics |
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| 20 |
Graveyard Dream Blues lyrics |
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| 21 |
Cemetery Blues lyrics |
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| 22 |
Far Away Blues lyrics |
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| 23 |
I'm Going Back to My Used to Be lyrics |
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| 24 |
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time lyrics |
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| 25 |
My Sweetie Went Away lyrics |
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| 26 |
Any Woman's Blues lyrics |
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| 27 |
Chicago Bound Blues lyrics |
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| 28 |
Mistreatin' Daddy lyrics |
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| 29 |
Frosty Morning Blues lyrics |
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| 30 |
Haunted House Blues lyrics |
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| 31 |
Eavesdropper's Blues lyrics |
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| 32 |
Easy Come, Easy Go Blues lyrics |
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| 33 |
Sorrowful Blues lyrics |
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| 34 |
Pinchbacks-Take 'Em Away! lyrics |
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| 35 |
Rocking Chair Blues lyrics |
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| 36 |
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down lyrics |
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| 37 |
Bo Weavil Blues lyrics |
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| 38 |
Hateful Blues lyrics |
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