Sidewalk Blues
Composer(s): Walter Melrose; Jelly Roll Morton
Performer(s): Jelly Roll Morton
and multiple other artists



I got the blues and I sure have got 'em bad
Meanest old blues that I ever, ever had
My mind is weary, and ev'rything is wrong
Ev'ry day seems just nine years long
That's just why I sing and cry this mournful song

When I arise in the morning for the day
Heartbreakin' blues say good morning right away
They haunt me just like a shadow haunts a tree
Even taste 'em in my coffee
That's just why I sing and cry this mournful song

My baby's gone, and I got the blues
It sure is awful to be lonsesome like me
Worried, weary up in a tree
That's why you can hear me say, night and day

"Where can my baby be?"
I roam the streets ev'ry where, look here and there
Wond'ring why she gave me the air
Good Lawd, I've got the sidewalk blues

My baby's gone, and I got the blues
She went away on the sly, didn't say why
Never even kissed me goodbye
That's why you can hear me say, night and day

"Who took my woman away?"
I roam the streets like a tramp, feet in a cramp
Searching for my two timin' vamp
Good Lawd, I've got the sidewalk blues

My baby's gone, and I got the blues
She flew away like a crow, why, I don't know
Vanished like a migratin' bo'
That's why you can hear me say, night and day

"What will become of me?"
If I could find an old boat, one that would float
I'd baptize my blues makin' goat
Good Lawd, I've got the sidewalk blues