Mmmm, mmmmm 
Got up this mornin', feelin' sick and bad, 
I's thinkin' bout the good time, that I once have
 had 
I said, I got up this mornin', and I said I's
 feelin' so sick and bad, 
Yeah, I's just thinkin' bout the good times,
 chil'ren, that I, I once have had 
Mmm, did you ever love, when they didn't love you?
 
You know there wasn't satisfaction, didn't care
 what in the world you do 
I said'd you ever love, I said, when they did not
 love you? 
Yeah, didn't look like there'd be satisfaction,
 didn't care what in this old world you do 
Mmm, I tell [bad word] here little girl, why don't
 you sit down on my knee? 
I just wanna tell you how you have been treatin'
 me 
I [bad word] here little girl, I said sit right
 down here on my knee, 
You know, I just wanna tell you just how you've
 been treatin' me 
You know, that's a shame, ol' dirty shame, 
I'm so sorry the day, honey, I ever knowed your
 name 
I said, you know that's a shame, I said, it's a
 low down, ol' dirty shame, 
Oh, the way you been treatin' me, is a low down,
 ol' dirty shame 
You know, love, love is a worried old heart
 disease, 
Look like the very one you be lovin', is so hard
 to please 
I said, love, I said, is a worried old heart
 disease, 
Look like the very one you be lovin', is so
 confound hard to please 
You know, I go into my room, I sat down and cried,
 
I didn't have no blues, but I wasn't satisfied 
Yes, I went in my room, and I said, and I sat down
 and I cried, 
Yes, I didn't have no blues, but I just wasn't
 satisfied 
You know, did you ever get up in the mornin', with
 the blues three different ways? 
You had two mind to leave here, and you didn't
 have but one such stay 
Did you ever get up in the mornin', with the blues
 three different ways? 
You know you had two mind to leave here, but you
 didn't have but one such stay