Sugar Blues 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22 Dec 2009
2009

Have you heard these blues
that I'm going to sing to you,
when you hear them
they will thrill you thro' and 'thro
They're the sweetest blues
you ever heard,
now listen and don't say a word:

Sugar Blues
Ev'rybody's singing the Sugar Blues.
The whole town is ringing
My lovin' man's sweet as he can be
but the doggone fool
turned sour on me
I'm so unhappy
I feel so bad
I could lay me down and die.
You can say what you choose
but I'm all confused,
I've got the sweet,
sweet Sugar Blues,
more sugar, I've got the sweet,
sweet Sugar Blues.

I've got the Sugar Blues
Ev'rybody's singing the Sugar Blues.
The whole town is ringing
I love my coffee,
I love my tea, but the doggone cream
turned sour on me
I'm so unhappy
I feel so bad
I could lay me down and die.
You can say what you choose
but I'm all confused,
I've got the sweet,
sweet Sugar Blues,
more sugar, I've got the sweet,
sweet Sugar Blues.

I just love sweet food,
puts me in a nice sweet mood,
When I'm like that,
you will never find me rude.
I'm as sweet as can be,
I was told,
But now he says that I'm too old:

Sugar Blues
Ev'rybody's singing the Sugar Blues.
The whole town is ringing
My lovin' man's sweet as he can be
but the doggone fool
turned sour on me
I'm so unhappy
I feel so bad
I could lay me down and die.
You can say what you choose
but I'm all confused,
I've got the sweet,
sweet Sugar Blues,
more sugar, I've got the sweet,
sweet Sugar Blues.

I've got the Sugar Blues
Ev'rybody's singing the Sugar Blues.
The whole town is ringing
I love my coffee,
I love my tea, but the doggone cream
turned sour on me
I'm so unhappy
I feel so bad
I could lay me down and die.
You can say what you choose
but I'm all confused,
I've got the sweet,
sweet Sugar Blues,
more sugar, I've got the sweet,
sweet Sugar Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sugar Blues 1923
Music by Clarence Williams
Lyrics by Lucy Fletcher
© MCMXXIII by Clarence Williams Mus.Pub.Co. - N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 22 December 2009 at 13.23
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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