SINCE THAT BLACK CAT CROSSED MY PATH
As sung by Ernest Tubb on "Sounds like Jimmie Rodgers – Disc D" (2006)

Yodel-ay-ee-ay, de-lay-dee-ay, dee-o-del-lay-dee.

1. Yesterday sun was beamin'
Yesterday the sky was blue
Yesterday I spent in dreamin'
Happy hours away with you
But I got chills—I don't mean maybe—
Just like a shower bath,
'Cause since I left you last night, baby,
A black cat crossed my path.

CHORUS: Now I don't believe in superstition.
Such a rot burns me up with the wrath,
But they sho' been a change in my condition
Since that black cat crossed my path.

Yodel-ay-ee-ay, dee-o-de-lay-dee, o-lay-dee.

2. First thing that I saw this mornin'
Was a black cloud hangin' round.
Then I got your letter, baby,
Sayin' you done turned me down.
Now I lost my job and all my money.
It blown away like the chaff.
Old hard luck she's done got me, honey,
Since that black cat crossed my path. CHORUS

Yodel-ay-ee-ay, dee-o-de-lay-dee, o-lay-dee.