Here's the complete lyric of the "Negro Blues" copyrighted by Lee Roy White in 1912. I forgot earlier in the thread that the "mean to cry" line is in it too!

"I've got the blues but I'm too mean to, I said mean to, I mean cry.
I've got the blues but I'm to mean to cry.
I feel so bad I could lay myself down and die.

The Blues ain't nothing but a good man feeling, I said feeling, I mean bad,
The blues ain't nothing but a good man feeling bad.
That's a feeling that I've often had.

When a man gets blue he takes a train and, I said a train and, I mean rides.
When a man gets blue he takes a train and rides.
But when a woman gets blue she hangs her head and cries.

When I leave I'm going to leave on the Cannon, I said cannon, I mean ball.
When I leave I'm going to leave on the cannon ball,
Carries fourteen coaches there ain't no blinds at all.

There's a big freight train backed up in the, I said in the, I mean yards,
There's a big freight train backed up in the yards,
I'm going to see my Baby if I have to ride the rods.

Yonder comes the train coming down the, I said down the, I mean track.
Yonder comes the train coming down the track.
It's going to take me away but it ain't going to bring me back.

Honey don't you weep and, I said weep and, I mean moan,
Honey, Honey, don't you weep and moan.
I'm going to build you a house cut out of marble stone.

I cried last night also the night be, I said the night be, I mean before,
I cried last night also the night before.
I raised my hand I took and oath I wouldn't cry no more.

Honey, Honey when I die don't you wear no, I said wear no, I mean black.
Honey, Honey when I die don't you wear no black,
Cause my ghost, it's going to come sneaking back.

I'm going to lay my head down on some railroad, I said railroad, I mean line.
I'm going to lay head down on some railroad line.
Let the Santa Fe, satisfy my mind.

My home ain't here it's a light house on the, I said on the, I mean sea.
My home ain't here it's a lighthouse on the sea.
I'm going back to my used to be.

Wish I had wings like Noah's, I said Noah's, I mean dove.
Wish I had wings like Noah's dove.
Then I'd fly home to the little girl I love.

Wish I'd died when I was, I said young, I mean a kid,
Wish I'd died when I was quite young.
Then I wouldn't have this hard old race to run.

I'll meet you honey when your heart's going to ache like I said ache like, I mean mine.
I'll meet you honey when your heart's going to ache like mine.
I'll meet you honey when you can't change a dime.

People, People, my head ain't made of, I said made of, I mean bone.
People, People, my head ain't made of bone.
'Cause I've sang what I have, I'm not a Graphophone."

It was his 1913 publication that included five of the above stanzas plus a new one:

"You can call the blues, you can call the blues, any old thing you please,
You can can call the blues any old thing you please.
But the blues ain't nothing but the doggone heart disease."

Here are the stanzas with the word "blues" in them in the January 2, 1917 recording "Dallas Blues" by Marie Cahill, credited to the Leighton brothers (she also recorded it in 1916, but unreleased):

"I got the Dallas blues and I'm-a feeling mighty, I said mighty, I mean sad
I've got the Dallas blues and I'm feeling mighty sad.
But the blues ain't nothing but a good man feeling bad.

Did you ever wake up with the blues all 'round you, I said 'round you, I mean bed
Did you ever wake up with the blues all 'round your bed
And you had no one to hold your aching head?"