Transcribed from the sound file at The Red Hot Jazz Archive (Click to play.):

NOBODY KNOWS THE WAY I FEEL THIS MORNING
Tom Delaney and Pearl Delaney

Nobody knows the way I feel this morning, this morning.
Nobody knows the way I feel this morning, this morning.
If I only had my way,
The graveyard would be the place my man would lay.
Nobody knows the way I feel this morning.

I feel like I could scream and sigh this morning, this morning.
I feel like I could scream and sigh this morning, this morning.
I feel like I could scream and sigh,
But I'm too stout-hearted. Lord, I'd rather die.
Nobody knows the way I feel this morning.

I even hate to hear your name this morning, this morning.
I even hate to hear your name this morning, this morning.
I even hate to hear your name.
I could kill you quicker than an express train.
Nobody knows the way I feel this morning.

[As recorded by The Red Onion Jazz Babies (Louis Armstrong, Cornet; Lil Hardin-Armstrong, Piano; Sidney Bechet, Clarinet; Alberta Hunter, Vocal) in 1924. Also recorded by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Aretha Franklin, Alberta Hunter, Margaret Johnson, Jim Kweskin, George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Clara Smith, Dave Van Ronk, Sippie Wallace, Dinah Washington, and Joe Williams.]