Years upon years ago, when I was a graduate student, I happened to hear a singer (probably a student as well) singing "The Worried Blues". I was struck by one particular line in his rendition:

I heard someone say that the worried blues ain't bad.
It must not have been the worried blues he had.

I love this line!

Now, I have not made a systematic study of renditions of The Worried Blues. But I have heard it (in one form or the other) sung a number of times over the years, and I have never heard this particular line repeated. The closest I have heard is "I heard someone say that the worried blues ain't bad. It's the worst old feeling that I've ever had." The DT version of "Worried Blues" doesn't even have this line.

Has anyone ever heard this particular line (in The Worried Blues or anywhere else)? I'm beginning to wonder if it wasn't a creation of the particular singer I heard that day.

Don