I hate to see de evenin' sun go down,<br />Hate to see de evenin' sun go down<br />'Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town.<br />Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today,<br />Feel tomorrow like I feel today,<br />I'll pack my trunk, make ma git away.<br /><br />Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings<br />Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings.<br />'Twant for powder an' for store-bought hair,<br />De man ah love would not gone nowhere, nowhere.<br />Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.<br />That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.<br /><br />Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!<br />I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,<br />Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.<br />I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.<br /><br />Been to de gypsy to get ma fortune tole,<br />To de gypsy, done got ma fortune tole,<br />Cause I'm most wile 'bout ma Jelly Roll.<br />Gypsy done tole me, "Don't you wear no black."<br />Yes, she done told me, "Don't you wear no black.<br /><br />Go to Saint Louis, you can win him back."<br />Help me to Cairo, make Saint Louis by maself,<br />Git to Cairo, find ma old friend Jeff,<br />Gwine to pin maself close to his side;<br />If ah flag his train, I sho' can ride.<br />Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.<br />That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.<br /><br />Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!<br />I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,<br />Lak a Kentucky Colonel loves his mint an' rye.<br />I'll love ma baby till the day I die.<br /><br />You ought to see dat stovepipe brown of mine,<br />Lak he owns de Dimon' Joseph line,<br />He'd make a cross-eyed o'man go stone blin'.<br />Blacker than midnight, teeth lak flags of truce,<br />Blackest man in de whole of Saint Louis,<br />Blacker de berry, sweeter am de juice.<br />About a crap game, he knows a pow'ful lot,<br />But when worktime comes, he's on de dot.<br />Gwine to ask him for a cold ten-spot,<br />What it takes to git it, he's cert'nly got.<br /><br />Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.<br />Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.<br />Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!<br />I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,<br />Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.<br />I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.<br /><br />A black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track, said a black-headed<br />Gal makes a freight train jump the track,<br />But a long tall gal makes a preacher ball the jack.<br /><br />Lawd, a blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town, I said<br />Blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town,<br />But a red-headed woman makes a boy slap his papa down.<br /><br />Oh, ashes to ashes and dust to dust, I said ashes to ashes and dust to dust,<br />If my blues don't get you, my jazzing must.
