Missed the Saturday dance. Heard they crowded the floor. Couldn't bear it without you. Don't get around much anymore. . Though I'd visit the club. Got as far as the door.
dollar got the blues. gettin lower every day. dollar got the blues. gettin lower every day. i wanna do something about it. folks if i only had my way.
I'm gonna lay down my burden, down by the riverside,. Down by the riverside, down by the riverside. I'm gonna lay down my burden, down by the riverside,.
He's gone, Blind Boy Fuller's gone away. He's gone, Blind Boy Fuller's gone away. Well he heard a voice calling, and he knew he could not stay. . Well he called me to his bedside one morning, and the clock was strikin' four.
[Chorus]. Don't mistreat me, mama. When you know you doin' wrong yourself. Don't mistreat me, baby. When you know you're doin' wrong yourself. Well, you ain't doin' nothin'.
Don't cry, Oh honey please don't be that way. Clouds in the sky should never make you feel that way. The rain will bring the violets of May, tears are in vain.
Saints and sinners, come one, come all. Have a little revival. Losers, winners, answer my call. Cause right now the tent's up. Really it is. The word's out.
Carolina. Gave me Dinah;. I'm the proudest one. Beneath the Dixie sun.. . News is spreadin'. 'Bout our weddin';. I hear church bells ringin',. Here's the song my heart keeps singin':.
Zulu man is feelin' blue. Gear his heart beat a little tattoo. Diga diga doo diga doo doo. Diga diga doo diga doo. . You love me and I love you. And when you love it is natural to.
Let's talk it over baby 'fore we start. I heard about the way you overdo your part. Don't you lie to me, please don't you lie to me. Well, it makes me mad and I get evil as a man can be.
I'm gonna lay down my burden, down by the riverside,. Down by the riverside, down by the riverside. I'm gonna lay down my burden, down by the riverside,.
I'm gonna get up in the mornin',. I believe I'll dust my broom [Repeat: x2]. Girlfriend, the black man you been lovin',. Girlfriend, can get my room. .
I have lost my baby, almost lost my mind. I have lost my baby, almost lost my mind. Way she treat me, gonna drive a man stone blind. . Well, the road seems dark and dreary, while I traveled down that way.
The bell just toned, my baby done caught that train and gone. Yes, the bell just toned, my baby done caught that train and gone. It's all my fault, I must have done somebody wrong, oh yeah.
One two, one, two, three, four. . You know how to hurt me baby. Oh yes you do. You know how to hurt baby. Oh yes you do. I've got to get out of this house.
She comes sneakin' up thinkin' I'm sleepin', ya'll. And I met her at the back door. I handed her her suitcase, told her don't come back no more. She turned as she was leavin', and she looked dead straight at me.
I gave my heart and soul to you, girl. Didn't I do it baby, didn't I do it baby?. . Gave you the love you never knew, girl. Didn't I do it baby, didn't I do it baby?.
I gave my heart and soul to you, girl. Didn't I do it baby, didn't I do it baby?. . Gave you the love you never knew, girl. Didn't I do it baby, didn't I do it baby?.