Ozark Blues 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Sep 2005

I'm just a lonesome rolling stone
roaming many miles from home.
I'm blue and I show it,
I was in heaven
but I didn't know it.
When I left Missouri way,
and started on my way to stray,
I knew I'd get those Ozark blues,
but I heard my mammy say:

If you get 'em and you can't forget 'em,
there's just one thing to do,
go buy a ticket and start for home,
remember what I'm telling you,
tell that conductor,
that joy instructor
to watch his P's and Q's,
and stop the train
where you'll soon forget,
you ever had those Ozark blues.

A lot of people think that roaming is sweet,
without their travels life's not complete,
anyone who thinks
that home's not got it beat,
has no more conscience that a fish has feet,
any man that wouldn't take
his mammy's advice,
just because he has to make a sacrifice,
should get himself a pail of water
colder than ice,
put his head down in it three times
and take it out twice.

If you get 'em and you can't forget 'em,
there's just one thing to do,
go buy a ticket and start for home,
remember what I'm telling you,
tell that conductor,
that joy instructor
to watch his P's and Q's,
and stop the train
where you'll soon forget,
you ever had those Ozark blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ozark Blues 1923
Words and Music by Fred Rose
© 1923 by Herman Darewski Mus. Pub. Co., London
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 28 September 2005 at 00.02
in association with Doug Grierson
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