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.