The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #159805 Message #3787455
Posted By: mayomick
27-Apr-16 - 11:41 AM
Thread Name: 'Got the blues, too damn mean to cry'
Subject: RE: 'Got the blues, too damn mean to cry'
Roosevelt Sykes sang that line about the Railway Blues but I think he had it as,"I got them railroad blues, she's too mean to cry". I used to like the line when I thought it meant "mean" in the English, tight-fisted sense of the word - too mean to waste tears
I suppose that blues singers would have used mean in the American "tough" sense ?