DOWN AND OUT BLUES
As sung by Jimmy Mesene on "Hits of the 1930s Vol. 1"

Got the blues; got the blues.
I've got the lonesome down-and-out blues.

When you're tired, lonesome, walkin' around the town,
And the rain comes uninvited in your shoes,
What are you going to say? What are you going to do?
Sing the down-and-out-blues.

All you possess in this great big world
Is an appetite that you're tryin' your best to lose.
What are you going to say? What are you going to do?
Sing the down-and-out blues.

§. When your dreams and schemes have gone astray,
And your pals and girls have left you on your own,
Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep and you weep alone.

What can you do? Where can you go to?
Beggars cannot choose,
Tired, lonesome, walkin' around the town,
Singin' the down-and-out blues.

[REPEAT FROM §.]

* Al Bowlly also recorded this, with Sid Colin and The Lew Stone Band. His recording can be heard on "By the Old Oak Tree." Flanagan & Allen also recorded this; it can be heard on "Greatest Hits."