"The Weary Blues," words and music by H. Alf Kelley, 1916: "I've got the blues, and I am too darn mean to cry; I've got the blues, and I am too darn mean to cry; Sometimes I wish that I could lay me down and die... There are some people who say 'Weary Blues' ain't bad; There are some people who say 'Weary Blues' ain't bad; But it's the worst old feeling that I ever had." Title of a 1914 song by Johnnie Anderson and Jesse Smith: "I've Got the Weary Blues and Don't Know What To Do."
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