Bessie Smith recorded this May 15, 1929. You can hear her version at The Red Hot Jazz Archive. There are some significant differences in wording between it and the one in the DT, so I think it's worth posting here:

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT
(Jimmy Cox) (as sung by Bessie Smith)

Once I lived the life of a millionaire.
Spendin' my money, I didn't care.
I carried my friends out for a good time,
Buyin' bootleg liquor, champagne, and wine.
When I begin to fall so low,
I didn't have a friend, and no place to go;
So if I ever get my hands on a dollar again,
I'm gonna hold onto it till them eagles grin.

Nobody knows you when you down and out.
In my pocket, not one penny,
And my friends, I haven't any.
But if I ever get on my feet again,
Then I'll meet my long-lost friends.
It's mighty strange, without a doubt.
Nobody knows you when you down and out,
I mean, when you down and out.

M-m-m-m, when you down and out.
M-m-m-m, not one penny,
And my friends, I haven't any.
M-m-m-m, I done fell so low,
Nobody wants me 'round their door.
M-m-m-m, without a doubt,
No man can use you when you down and out,
I mean, when you down and out.