St. Louis Blues - Original-Cab Calloway

[ti:St. Louis Blues] [ar:Cab Calloway] [al:Jukebox Hits 1930-1950] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]St. Louis Blues - Original - Cab Calloway [00:39.94]I hate to see that evening sun go down [00:41.87]I hate to see that evening sun go down [00:44.37]＇Cause my lovin＇ baby done left this town [00:45.43]If I feel tomorrow like I feel today [00:45.69]If I feel tomorrow like I feel today [00:46.00]I＇m gonna pack my trunk and make my getaway [00:46.32]Oh that St Louis woman with her diamond rings [00:46.62]She pulls my man around by her apron strings [00:46.94]And if it wasn＇t for powder and her store-bought hair [00:47.30]Oh that man of mine wouldn＇t go nowhere [00:47.68]I got those St Louis blues just as blue as I can be [00:48.06]Oh my man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea [00:48.56]Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me [00:48.99]I love my man like a schoolboy loves his pie [00:49.30]Like a Kentucky colonel loves his rocker and rye [00:49.62]I＇ll love my man until the day I die Lord Lord [01:06.06]I got the St Louis blues just as blue as I can be Lord Lord [01:06.55]That man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea [01:07.02]Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me [01:08.10]I got those St Louis blues I got the blues I got the blues I got the blues [01:08.67]My man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea [01:09.17]Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me Lord Lord [01:09.60]Another version [01:09.66]----------------------- [01:09.73]A [01:09.73]Got St Louis blues blue as I can be; [01:09.98]B [01:10.04]There＇s two people in this world I just can＇t stand; [01:10.48]There＇s two people in this world I just can＇t stand; [01:10.98]That＇s a two-faced woman and a lyin＇ man; [01:11.35]B [01:11.35]I＇m gonna leave this town walkin＇ talkin＇ to myself; [01:11.85]I＇m gonna leave this town walkin＇ talkin＇ to myself; [01:12.28]Because the sweet woman I love she belongs to somebody else [01:12.66]C (The following verse is so heavily scatted that it is virtually incomprehensible ) [01:13.10]Oh I say look here sweet mama someday your papa＇s [01:13.48]When that big old hound comes around [01:13.73]And when that big old piece of hound comes [01:13.98]He＇s sure gonna leave this town [01:14.30]B [01:14.30]I＇m goin＇ back to Chicago to have my hambone boiled; [01:14.73]I＇m goin＇ way back to Chicago to have my hambone boiled; [01:15.17]Because these women in New York City let my good hambone spoil [01:15.60]D [01:15.60]I got the St Louis blues sweet mama got St Louis blues just blue [01:16.03]Blue as I can be St Louis blues; baby [01:16.35]Aw your daddy got St Louis blues sweet mama [01:16.66]All those blues I＇m blue as I can be [01:16.98]Version 3 [01:17.10]------------------ [01:17.10]I hate to see that evenin＇ sun go down [01:17.41]I hate to see that evenin＇ sun go down [01:17.79]＇Cause my baby has left this town [01:18.04]If I＇m feelin＇ tomorrow just like I feel today [01:18.42]If I＇m feelin＇ tomorrow like I feel today [01:18.80]I＇ll pack my trunk and make my get-away [01:19.11]St Louis woman with all her diamond rings [01:19.35]Stole that man of mine by her apron strings; [01:19.66]If it wasn＇t for powder and her store-bought hair [01:20.03]That man I love wouldn＇t＇ve gone nowhere [01:20.41]Nowhere [01:20.41]I＇ve got the St Louis blues just as blue as I can be; [01:20.91]Lord that man＇s got a heart like a rock cast in the sea [01:21.42]Or else he wouldn＇t have gone so far from me [01:21.79]Gee I love that man like a school boy loves his pie [01:22.23]Just like an old Kentucky colonel loves his rock and rye [01:22.61]I guess I＇ll love that man until the day I die