WORRIED DEVIL BLUES
(Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

Everything I have's in pawn,
And the gal I love is gone,
And I'm a worried devil just as sure as you're born.
Now, people, you don't know,
But my heart is aching so.
She left me for another man that was living next door.

Now, life don't mean a thing
When your heart is full of pain,
And tears keep flowing just like showers of rain.
She wrecked all my future plans
And has left me cold in hand,
And I'm sitting here wond'ring how it all began.

Now, if I could only hold
My own heart right in my hand,
I would show all of you good people just what I have to stand.
But I just can't go on
When everything I had is gone,
And I'm a worried devil just as sure as you're born.

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1934. JTD]