Left All Alone Again Blues 1920 'The Night Boat'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Mar 2005

I have the blues,
ev'ry time my hubby leaves me
I have the blues,
because it peeves me to be left here
flat here just like a bump on a log.
I said on a log.
No woman knows
is she has a trav'lin' husband
just where he goes
unless she follows on and nails him,
trails him just like a faithful old dog.
That old song:
"Where had my Highland Laddie gone,"
it says a mouthful we never do know
just where they do go
how they keep us guessing
isn't it distressing!
I have the blues
when my hubby leaves
although I wouldn't accuse
each time he says goodbye
I get those same old
left all alone again blues.

I have the blues
ever since he married me,
I sure have the blues,
because I used to have a good time,
all time, every time I might roam.
I said when I'd roam;
when first we met
we could render a duet
but now Hubby sings:
"I won't go home 'til morning,"
Never one short stanza
of "Home Sweet Home."
I like cats
I'm fond of rabbits I like dogs
and even goldfish
It's lucky maybe
for there's a baby grand piano coming,
then I'll start a humming:
I have the blues
only hubby dear can cure my terrible blues,
each time he says goodbye
I get those dog gone
left all alone again blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Left All Alone Again Blues 1920 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Anne Caldwell
from "The Night Boat"
© MCMXX by T.B.Harms Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 07 March 2005 at 14.30
in association with Doug Grierson
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