I got up this mornin', feelin' sad and blue

I lost my baby now tell me, what I'm goin' to do

You know I'm so lonesome

Way these blues keep doggin' me

Yeah baby but that's all right

I will be up someday



When my baby left me, she left me broken down

She said Goodbye Big Bill, I will see you in another town

Now you know I'm lonesome

Way these blues keep doggin' me

I says that's all right

Big Bill will be up someday



Now I've got to walk by myself, and sleep by myself

On account the one I'm lovin', she keep on lovin' someone else

You know I'm lonesome

Way these blues keep doggin' me

Yeah but that's all right

Baby I will be up someday



If I'd had listened at what my mother said, and did what she said

I'd been home now, sleepin' in a great big bed

Cause I'm lonesome

Way these blues keep doggin' me

Yeah but that's all right

Baby I will be up someday



The men was put on earth to rule, but women are ruling too

Sometimes I wonder what a poor man gonna do

Cause I'm lonesome

Way these blues keep doggin' me

Yeah but that's all right

Way these blues is doggin' me