We have a thread on a parody, but we never got the actual lyrics posted for this one.
-Joe Offer-

GOOD MORNING BLUES

Good morning blues, Blues how do you do?
Good morning blues, Blues how do you do?
I'm doing all right, good morning how are you?

I laid down last night, turnin' from side to side,
Aw... turnin' from side to side,
I was not sick, but I was just dissatisfied.

When I got up this mornin', blues walkin' 'round my bed,
Aw... blues walkin' 'round my bed
I went to eat my breakfast, the blues was all in my bread.

I got a new way of spelling, Memphis, Tennessee,
Aw... Memphis, Tennessee,
Double E, double T, Lord, N, X-Y-Z.

I sent for you yesterday, here you come a-walking today,
Sent for you yesterday, here you come a-walking today,
You got your mouth wide open - you don't know what to say.

source: The Leadbelly Songbook (edited by Moses Ash & Alan Lomax, Oak Publications, 1962.

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