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Bessie Smith St Louis Blues Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 6.67/10 [6 votes]Album: Baby Won't You Please Come Home / Original Release Date: 2008-06-23Genre: BluesSong Duration: 3 min 01 sec
BESSIE SMITH
- St Louis Blues Lyrics / with translationsI hate to see the ev'nin' sun go down
Hate to see the ev'nin' sun go down,
'cause my baby, he done left this town
Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
Feel tomorrow like I feel today,
I'll pack my trunk, make my getaway
St. Louis woman with her diamond rings
Pulls that man 'round by her apron strings,
't'want for powder and for store-bought hair
The man I love, would not gone nowhere,
Got the St. Louis blues just as blue as I can be
That man got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me
Been to the gypsy to get my fortune told
To the gypsy, to get my fortune told,
'cause I'm most wild about my jelly roll
Gypsy done told me, "Don't you wear no black"
Yes, she done told me, "Don't you wear no black,
Go to St. Louis, you can win him back"
Help me to Cairo, make St. Louis by myself
Gone to Cairo, find my old friend Jeff
Goin' to pin myself close to his side,
If I flag his train, I sure can ride
I love that man like a schoolboy loves his pie
Like a Kentucky Colonel loves his mint and rye1
I'll love my baby till the day I die
You ought to see that stovepipe brown of mine,
Like he owns the diamond Joseph line
He'd make across-eyed old man go stone blind
Blacker than midnight, teeth like flags of truce
Blackest man in the whole St. Louis
Blacker the berry, sweeter is the juice
About a crap game, he knows a powerful lot,
But when work time comes, he's on the dot
Goin' to ask him for a cold ten spot,
What it takes to get it, he's certainly got
A black-headed gal make a freight train jump the track
Said a black-headed gal make a freight train jump the track
But a redheaded woman makes a preacher ball the jack
Hate to see the ev'nin' sun go down,
'cause my baby, he done left this town
Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
Feel tomorrow like I feel today,
I'll pack my trunk, make my getaway
St. Louis woman with her diamond rings
Pulls that man 'round by her apron strings,
't'want for powder and for store-bought hair
The man I love, would not gone nowhere,
Got the St. Louis blues just as blue as I can be
That man got a heart like a rock cast in the sea,
Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me
Been to the gypsy to get my fortune told
To the gypsy, to get my fortune told,
'cause I'm most wild about my jelly roll
Gypsy done told me, "Don't you wear no black"
Yes, she done told me, "Don't you wear no black,
Go to St. Louis, you can win him back"
Help me to Cairo, make St. Louis by myself
Gone to Cairo, find my old friend Jeff
If I flag his train, I sure can ride
I love that man like a schoolboy loves his pie
Like a Kentucky Colonel loves his mint and rye1
I'll love my baby till the day I die
You ought to see that stovepipe brown of mine,
Like he owns the diamond Joseph line
He'd make across-eyed old man go stone blind
Blacker than midnight, teeth like flags of truce
Blackest man in the whole St. Louis
Blacker the berry, sweeter is the juice
About a crap game, he knows a powerful lot,
But when work time comes, he's on the dot
Goin' to ask him for a cold ten spot,
What it takes to get it, he's certainly got
A black-headed gal make a freight train jump the track
Said a black-headed gal make a freight train jump the track
But a redheaded woman makes a preacher ball the jack
Facts about St Louis Blues
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St Louis Blues is written by Laszlo Gabor Gardony, C Handy William.
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It is first released on June 23, 2008 as part of Bessie Smith's album "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" which includes 11 tracks in total. This song is the 8th track on this album.
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When we interpret the meaning being expressed, the song St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith depicts the intense pain and hopelessness of a person going through the situation of falling in love with someone who doesn't love them back, and also losing the partner, by using the 'Saint Louis Blues' as a symbol for the profound sorrow and the 'diamond rings' as a sign of fake love and materialism. The lyrics of St louis blues mainly highlight heartbreak, angst, despair, reflection and solitude. Moreover, the song also highlights the themes of despair and longing, betrayal and heartache, and emotional pain and suffering. The lyrics portray adult themes and use some mild language, which might not be appropriate for all kids unless accompanied by parents.
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St Louis Blues falls under the genre Blues.
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St Louis Blues song length is 3 minutes and 01 seconds.
Who wrote St Louis Blues lyrics?
St Louis Blues is written by Laszlo Gabor Gardony, C Handy William.
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When was St Louis Blues released?
It is first released on June 23, 2008 as part of Bessie Smith's album "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" which includes 11 tracks in total. This song is the 8th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind St Louis Blues lyrics?
When we interpret the meaning being expressed, the song St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith depicts the intense pain and hopelessness of a person going through the situation of falling in love with someone who doesn't love them back, and also losing the partner, by using the 'Saint Louis Blues' as a symbol for the profound sorrow and the 'diamond rings' as a sign of fake love and materialism. The lyrics of St louis blues mainly highlight heartbreak, angst, despair, reflection and solitude. Moreover, the song also highlights the themes of despair and longing, betrayal and heartache, and emotional pain and suffering. The lyrics portray adult themes and use some mild language, which might not be appropriate for all kids unless accompanied by parents.
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Which genre is St Louis Blues?
St Louis Blues falls under the genre Blues.
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How long is the song St Louis Blues?
St Louis Blues song length is 3 minutes and 01 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by kaanSongwriter(s): Laszlo Gabor Gardony, C Handy William
Record Label(s): 2008 Future Noise Music Ltd
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