I hate's to see dat ev'nin' sun go down Hate's to see dat ev'nin' sun go down Cause ma baby, she done lef' dis town If I feel tomorrow lak ah feel today Feel tomorrow lak ah feel today I'll pack up my trunk, and make ma git away
Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings 'Twern't for powder an' her store-bought hair De man she love wouldn't gone nowhere, nowhere
Got dem Saint Louis Blues I'm as blue as ah can be Like a man done throwed that rock down into de sea Got dem Saint Louis Blues I'm as blue as ah can be
Went to de gypsy get her fortune tole To de gypsy, done got her fortune tole Cause she most wile 'bout her Jelly Roll Now dat gypsy tole her, "Don't you wear no black" She done tole her, "Don't you wear no black Go to Saint Louis, you can win him back"
If she git toCairo, make Saint Louis by herself Git to Cairo, find her old friend Jeff gwine to pin herself, right there, to his side If she flag his train, she sho' can ride
And she sang
Got dem Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast into de sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me Doggone it! I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye I'll love ma baby till the day ah die
Now a black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track Said a black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track But a long tall gal makes a preacher ball the jack
Lawd, a blonde-headed woman make a good man leave the town I said a blonde-headed woman make a good man leave the town But a red-headed woman make a boy slap his pappy down
I had a woman Livin' way back o' town Yeah she treated me right Never let me down But I wasn't satisfied I had to run around
Now she's gone and left me I'm worried as can be Oh I've searched this world all over Wonderin' where she could be
I would ask that she forgive me And maybe she'll come back to me
**spoken**(but I doubt it)
I'm lonesome an blue And I've learned a thing or two Oh fellas here's a tip I'm gonna pass on down to you Never mistreat your woman Cause it's gonna bounce right back on you
Won't you come and go with me Down that Mississippi We'll take a boat to the land of dreams Come along with me on, down to new orleans
Now the band's there to greet us Old friends will meet us Where all them folks goin to the St. Louis cemetary meet Heaven on earth, they call it basin street
I'm tellin' ya, basin street is the street Where all them characters from the first street they meet New Orleans, land of dreams You'll never miss them rice and beans Way down south in New Orleans
They'll be huggin' and a kissin' That's what I been missin' And all that music lord, if you just listen New orleans, I got them basin street blues
Now ain't you glad you went with me On down that Mississippi We took a boat to the land of dreams Heaven on earth they call it basin street