Cat. #1129 (MFH #784) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on April 9, 1970
VERSE 1
I woke up this morning
Th blues all around my bed
Woke up this morning
Blues all 'round my bed
I went to eat my breakfast
Had blues all in my head
VERSE 2
If you ever been down an' out
You know jest how I feel
If you ever been down an' out
You know jest how I feel
Feel jest like an ole engine
That ain't got no driver's wheels
VERSE 3
If I listened to Mamma
Like I feel today
If I'd listened to Mammo
Like I feel today
I'd stand right here an' look
A thousand miles away
VERSE 4
If th blues was whiskey
Stay drunk all th time
If th blues were whiskey
I'd stay drunk all th time
I'd stay drunk, my baby
Jest to wear you off my mine
VERSE 5
Well, I got th blues, so bad
It hurts my feet, to walk
Got th blues, so bad
Hurts my feet to walk
Got th blues so bad
Hurts my tongue to talk
VERSE 6
Th blues jump like a rabbit
They run a solid mile
Th blues jump like a rabbit
They run a solid mile
An' when th blues overtakes you
You'll holler like a new born child