Bad News Blues 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 May 2007
2007

Bad news, Bad news,
That's all that I ever hear,
Sad news, Sad news,
pourin' into my ear
I got a letter today
from my sweet sweet mama
said that she was leavin' town.
I'm so blue I don't know what to do
since she throwed me down.

I've got the Bad News Blues
gettin' sick and tired of this abuse,
I'm goin' down to the river
said to the river
where the water's deep,
shed my clothes
say here goes
and then I'll dive to the bottom
lay me down to sleep.
Bad News Blues
they're the very meanest kind to lose.
I got a rabbit's foot
in my inside pocket
'tain't a bit of use to me
I guess I'll hock it.
They're drivin' me mad
those terrible Bad News Blues.

I've got the Bad News Blues
gettin' sick and tired of this abuse,
I'm goin' down to the river
said to the river
where the water's deep,
shed my clothes
say here goes
and then I'll dive to the bottom
lay me down to sleep.
Bad News Blues
they're the very meanest kind to lose.
I got a rabbit's foot
in my inside pocket
'tain't a bit of use to me
I guess I'll hock it.
They're drivin' me mad
those terrible Bad News Blues.

Bad news, Bad news,
Why do you pick on me?
Sad news, sad news,
go 'way and let me be,
I'm tired of openin' mail
that is not good readin'
love jes' seems to pass me by.
What's the use I guess I'll cry the blues
'til the day I die.

I've got the Bad News Blues
gettin' sick and tired of this abuse,
I'm goin' down to the river
said to the river
where the water's deep,
shed my clothes
say here goes
and then I'll dive to the bottom
lay me down to sleep.
Bad News Blues
they're the very meanest kind to lose.
I got a rabbit's foot
in my inside pocket
'tain't a bit of use to me
I guess I'll hock it.
They're drivin' me mad
those terrible Bad News Blues.

I've got the Bad News Blues
gettin' sick and tired of this abuse,
I'm goin' down to the river
said to the river
where the water's deep,
shed my clothes
say here goes
and then I'll dive to the bottom
lay me down to sleep.
Bad News Blues
they're the very meanest kind to lose.
I got a rabbit's foot
in my inside pocket
'tain't a bit of use to me
I guess I'll hock it.
They're drivin' me mad
those terrible Bad News Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Bad News Blues 1923
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Benny Davis
© MCMXXIII by Jerome H.Remick & Co.  New York & Detroit
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Another jolly burst of sound..... :-)
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 07 May 2007 at 10.27pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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