Bessie Smith - The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4

You Ought to Be Ashamed

You'll be sorry, daddy
You just wait and see
Daddy, wait and see
Wouldn't treat a dog
The way you treatin' me
Like you treatin' me
I'm a total nervous wreck
With a millstone 'round my neck
I'm as blue as any gal can be
Don't be surprised if you see me hanging from a tree
Hangin' from a tree

You ought to be ashamed, ashamed, ashamed
Ashamed of what you've done to me
But, daddy, I'm to blame, I'm to blame
For lettin' you have my company
I'm a poor, weak vessel and I just can't help myself
And, daddy, when you quit me, I can't crawl up on no shelf
But you ought to be ashamed, ashamed, ashamed
Ashamed of how you treatin' me
You ought to be ashamed, ashamed, ashamed
Ashamed of what you've done to me

But, daddy, I'm the same
Yes, the same
You will find that I will always be
You can dodge me and neglect me
Treat me like a hound
I'll be here waiting for you
When you're tired of runnin' 'round
But you ought to be ashamed, ashamed, ashamed
Ashamed of how you treatin' me



Credits
Writer(s): Clifton Smith
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Standin' in the Rain Blues
  2. It Won't Be You
  3. Spider Man Blues
  4. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
  5. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
  6. Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
  7. Yes Indeed He Do!
  8. Devil's Gonna Git You
  9. You Ought to Be Ashamed
  10. Washwoman's Blues

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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. Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Original Recordings, 1923)

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