WAITING BLUES
(Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

I been waiting, but the mailman didn't leave no mail. (2x)
So I'm just drifting and worrying like a ship without a sail.

Baby, oh, baby, please come back to me. (2x)
Why, your little daddy is lonesome as any poor man can be.

Why did you leave me, and why are you staying so long?
Why are you leaving, and why did you stay so long?
Don't you realize you are doing your daddy wrong?

I'm not certain, but I think I understand. (2x)
You just cared less about me than you did for your other man.

So you know my number. Call me up some time. (2x)
Well, you could at least write me and ease my worried mind.

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1935. Also recorded by Lorraine Walton. JTD]