Wang Wang Blues 1921 'Ziegfield Follies'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Feb 2004

I've got the bluest blues,
I'm just as blue as can be,
Just got the awful news,
My sweetie sweet has left me;
I love her so, and now I know
this awful blow, will lay me low,
Oh, Lordy, Lord! What she did to me,
I'm just as sad as can be.

Wang, Wang Blues,
She's gone and left me with
the Wang, Wang Blues;
and let me tell you Mister
I never knew I'd be so blue
until she went away;
Wang, Wang Blues,
I've got the everlasting Wang, Wang Blues,
I'm only asking that my Sweet Sweetie
will come back and chase away
those Wang, Wang Blues.

Believe me

Blues is blues I've found out it's true,
I hope those blues will never get you,
and if you see them coming
shake in your shoes
because the Wang Wang Blues
are awful to lose.
I ought to know because I've got 'em so bad
and while I've got 'em
I will never feel glad,
I've had all kinds of blues
but this much I'll say;
The Wang Wang Blues will surely
turn your hair gray.

Wang, Wang Blues,
She's gone and left me with
the Wang, Wang Blues;
and let me tell you Mister
I never knew I'd be so blue
until she went away;
Wang, Wang Blues,
I've got the everlasting Wang, Wang Blues,
I'm only asking that my Sweet Sweetie
will come back and chase away
those Wang, Wang Blues.

Wang, Wang!

Soft karaoke
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lyric
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Wang Wang Blues 1921
Lyrics by Leo Wood
Music by Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson and Henry Busse
copyright MCMXXI by Leo Feist Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 19 February 2004 at 23.22
in association with Doug Grierson
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Sung by Van & Schenk in
Ziegfield's Follies 1921
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