Bessie Smith - Homeless Blues (Original Recordings, 1927- 1928)

Mean Old Bedbug Blues

Gals, bed bugs sure is evil, they don't mean me no good
Yeah, bed bug sure is evil, they don't mean me no good
Thinks he's a woodpecker and I'm a chunk of wood

When I lay down at night, I wonder how can a poor gal sleep
When I lay down at night, I wonder how can a poor gal sleep
When some is holding my hand, others eating my feet

Bed bugs as big as a jackass
, Will bite you and stand and grin
Bed bug as big as a jackass, will bite you and stand and grin
Will drink all the bed bugs for them
Turn around and bite you again

Something moan in the corner, I tried my best to see
Something moan in the corner, I went over and see
It was the bedbug mother prayin', Lord, gimme some more cheese

Got myself a wishbone, left my brother and got my gal
Got myself a wishbone, with it could see your doggone throne



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Writer(s): Joe Davis, Jack Wood
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  3. Trombone Cholly
  4. Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
  5. Them's Graveyard Words
  6. Hot Spring Blues
  7. Sweet Mistreater
  8. Lock and Key
  9. Mean Old Bedbug Blues
  10. A Good Man Is Hard to Find

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Altri album

  1. Blue Notes – A Blues Survey from 1920-1960, vol. 1 (feat. Clarence Williams' Blue Five & Little Hat Jones) - Single
  2. Me and My Gin
  3. All That Jazz, Vol. 57: Bessie Smith - A Decade of the Blues (24 Bit HD Remastering 2016)
  4. The Best of Bessie Smith
  5. The Empress of the Blue - Original Recordings
  6. Over the Top Blues Masterpieces, Vol. 2 (Remastered)
  7. Introducing Bessie Smith, Vol. 2
  8. All the Greatest Hits Ever Made, Vol. 4 (Remastered)
  9. The Empress of the Blues (40 Original Tracks Remastered)
  10. Squeeze Me (Original Recordings, 1925-1926)

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