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05 Nov 03 - 11:28 PM (#1048929) Subject: Lyr Req: 'The Blues ain't nothin' From: Jeep man I know the lyrics are here somewhere, but I can't find them. I think it is a Bessie Smith song. I remember a line which may help. A man ain't nothin but a low down heart desease" thanks, Jim |
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05 Nov 03 - 11:31 PM (#1048931) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Blues ain't nothin' From: Jeep man Correction!! "The blues ain't nothin but a low down heart desease. Jim |
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05 Nov 03 - 11:42 PM (#1048938) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Blues ain't nothin' From: Q (Frank Staplin) The line is mentioned by Elwooddelta in thread 3090 (Nov. 7), but nothing more. |
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06 Nov 03 - 12:48 AM (#1048970) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Blues ain't nothin' From: Stewie The lyrics of a Georgia White recording with that line may be found HERE --Stewie. |
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06 Nov 03 - 04:14 PM (#1049458) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Blues ain't nothin' From: Joe_F I copied this out of a book a long time ago, but neglected to note the source: THE BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN I'm gonna build myself a raft And float that river down. I'll build myself a shack In some old Texas town, 'Cause the blues am nothin No the blues am nothin But a good man feeling blue. I'm going down on the levee, Going to take myself a rocking chair If my loving man don't come I'll rock away from there... Why did you leave me blue? Why did you leave me blue? All I do is sit And cry for you.... I have the tune in solfa (scale is drmfsltD; dots mean continuation): mmm|m.m.m.m.|m.d....m| m.m.m.m.|md.... D.|D..lD..l|D...... l|D.D.tl..|s..... mm|m.m.fm mr|m.m.fm mr|mm..mm..|m.d.. |
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06 Nov 03 - 05:06 PM (#1049497) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Blues ain't nothin' From: Dave4Guild The phrase that I seem to remember is "the blues ain't nothin' but a good woman on your mind". But then it might be a Senior moment! I seem to be having a lot of them! Does anyone else recall this? |
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06 Nov 03 - 05:21 PM (#1049509) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Blues ain't nothin' From: Jeep man Thanks for the help folks. Stewie, you found it. Thats the one I was looking for. Many thanks. Jim |
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08 Nov 03 - 04:14 PM (#1050238) Subject: Lyr Add: BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN' ELSE BUT! (Ida Cox) From: Jim Dixon BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN' ELSE BUT! [As recorded by Ida Cox & Lovie Austin, 1924. From Ida Cox's "Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1924-1925)" Document 5323.] Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but your lover on your mind, (2x) The man that keeps you worried and always cryin'. Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a good woman wanting to see her man. (2x) She can't get him when she want him, gotta catch him when she can. Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a slow achin' heart disease. (2x) Just like consumption, it kills you by degrees. Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a woman that cries night and day, (2x) Cryin' about her lover, another woman took away. Oh, papa, papa, papa, mama done gone mad. (2x) Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a good woman feelin' bad. |
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08 Nov 03 - 04:16 PM (#1050241) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BLUES AIN'T NOTHING BUT...(G White From: Jim Dixon THE BLUES AIN'T NOTHING BUT A WOMAN CRYIN' FOR HER MAN As recorded by Georgia White, 1938. Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a woman want to see her man, (2x) 'Cause she wants some lovin'; you women will understand. Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a lowdown heart disease. (2x) Just lovin' your man; he's so hard to please. Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a woman lovin' a married man. (2x) Can't see 'im when she wants ta; got to see 'im when she can. Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a good woman feelin' bad. (2x) Always downhearted, blue, disgusted, and sad. Oh, the blues ain't nothin' but a feelin' that will get you down. (2x) Fallin' out with your man, you feel like leavin' town. |
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08 Nov 03 - 04:17 PM (#1050244) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'The Blues ain't nothin' From: Jim Dixon The phrase "The blues ain't nothin' but..." occurs in lots of blues songs. I also found these: The Blues Ain't Nothin' (But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man) --song title, sung by Dinah Washington The blues ain't nothin' but a botheration on your mind. --Memphis Slim The blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad. --from JIMMIE'S TEXAS BLUES by Jimmie Rodgers The blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad. --from SEE SEE RIDER --as sung by Janis Joplin --based on an earlier version by Ma Rainey The blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad. --from MY GOOD GAL'S GONE by Hank Snow The blues ain't nothin' but a good woman on your mind. --from SEE SEE RIDER --as sung by Mississippi John Hurt The blues ain't nothin' but a pain in your heart. --from LADY SINGS THE BLUES --as sung by Billie Holiday The blues ain't nothin' but a poor workin' man feelin' down. --from GOOD MORNING BLUES --as sung by Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) --and covered by Van Morrison The blues ain't nothin' but a woman lettin' a good man down. --from BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN' by Hank Mills and Walter Hayness-Lovender --as sung by Ferlin Husky, 1966 The blues ain't nothin' but a low-down shakin' chill. --from JINX BLUES --as sung by Son House The blues ain't nothin' but a cold gray day.... The blues ain't nothin' but a dark cloud markin' time.... The blues ain't nothin' but a black crepe veil, ready-to-wear. --from or COME SUNDAY (one of the movements of a suite called BLACK, BROWN, AND BEIGE) --written by Duke Ellington, 1943 --sung by Mahalia Jackson |
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07 Jul 16 - 12:32 PM (#3799392) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But! (Ida Cox) From: GUEST,Joseph Scott Ida Cox was born in Georgia in about 1889 (not 1896) and by her own account began traveling with a minstrel show in about 1903. Lasses White included the stuff about "nothing but" and "heart disease" in his 1912-1913 blues song. The "papa papa papa" stuff Ida sang was similar to stuff in H. Franklin Seals' 1912 blues hit. |