FOOLISH MAN BLUES
As sung by Bessie Smith, 1927.

Men sure is deceitful; they getting worse every day. (2x)
Actin' like a bunch o' women, they just gabbin', gabbin', gabbin' away.

There's two things got me puzzled; there's two things I can't understand. (2x)
That's a mannish-actin' woman and a skippin' twistin' woman-actin' man.

Lord, I used to love that man; he always made my poor heart ache.
Yes, I love my man; he makes my poor heart ache.
He's crooked as a corkscrew and even as a copperheaded snake.

I knew a certain man who spent years runnin' a poor gal down.
I knew a certain man who spent a year runnin' a poor gal down.
And when she let him kiss her, the fool blabbed it all over town.