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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: 1923 (1996)
         Title Rating
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    Jailhouse Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
18    St. Louis Gal lyrics Add lyrics   -
19    Sam Jones Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
20   Graveyard Dream Blues lyrics   -
21    Cemetery Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
22    Far Away Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
23    I'm Going Back to My Used to Be lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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