The Suicide Blues 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31 Oct 2009
2009

I'm disappointed
my heart's disjointed
there's some thin'
that's adlin' my mind.
I'm on the blink
I just can't think
there's no cure
I kin find.

I'm gonna bathe ma' self
in carbolic acid
and eat a pound of Paris Green,
chew all the heads
off a box of Sulphur matches,
and wash 'em down with Gasoline,
Den I'll hang ma' self
to a Weepin' Willow Tree,
and stab ma' self a time or two
and I'll weep and sigh,
till I droop and die
cause I've cert'nly
got the "Su'cide Blues"
You tell the people Dad
I had the Suicide Blues.

I'm gonna bathe ma' self
in carbolic acid
and eat a pound of Paris Green,
chew all the heads
off a box of Sulphur matches,
and wash 'em down with Gasoline,
Den I'll hang ma' self
to a Weepin' Willow Tree,
and stab ma' self a time or two
and I'll weep and sigh,
till I droop and die
cause I've cert'nly
got the "Su'cide Blues"
You tell the people Dad
I had the Suicide Blues.

My spirit's busted
I'm plum disgusted
'cause ev'ry thing
seems to go wrong.
In all my dreams
there's grief it seems
Oh! hear ma sorrow song.

I'm gonna bathe ma' self
in carbolic acid
and eat a pound of Paris Green,
chew all the heads
off a box of Sulphur matches,
and wash 'em down with Gasoline,
Den I'll hang ma' self
to a Weepin' Willow Tree,
and stab ma' self a time or two
and I'll weep and sigh,
till I droop and die
cause I've cert'nly
got the "Su'cide Blues"
You tell the people Dad
I had the Suicide Blues.

I'm gonna bathe ma' self
in carbolic acid
and eat a pound of Paris Green,
chew all the heads
off a box of Sulphur matches,
and wash 'em down with Gasoline,
Den I'll hang ma' self
to a Weepin' Willow Tree,
and stab ma' self a time or two
and I'll weep and sigh,
till I droop and die
cause I've cert'nly
got the "Su'cide Blues"
You tell the people Dad
I had the Suicide Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Suicide Blues 1919
dedicated to our friends "Louisiana Five"
Music by Peter de Rose
Lyrics by Geo.A.Norton
© MCMXIX by F.B.Haviland Pub.Co.Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 31 October 2009 at 12.56
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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