{"id":5199,"date":"2014-03-21T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T02:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:21:59","slug":"blues-divas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=5199","title":{"rendered":"Blues DIVAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0Wild Women Don&#8217;t Have The Blues \u00a0\u2193\u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/blues.about.com\/od\/artistprofil2\/p\/IdaCox.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ida Cox<\/a>]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/singer.jpg\" alt=\"singer\" width=\"255\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/singer.jpg 255w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/singer-150x123.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I hear these women raving &#8216;bout their\u00a0monkey men<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>About their trifling\u00a0husbands and their no good friends<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>These poor women sit around all day and moan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wondering why their wandering papas don&#8217;t come home<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But wild women don&#8217;t worry, wild women don&#8217;t have the blues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Now when you&#8217;ve got a man, don&#8217;t never be on the square<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Because if you do he&#8217;ll have a woman everywhere<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I never was known to treat no one man right<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I keep &#8216;em working hard both day and night<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Because wild women don&#8217;t worry, wild women don&#8217;t have no blues . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<address><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ieEN44N0PZ0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lkwdpl.org\/wihohio\/smit-besx.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">BESSIE SMITH<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 [1894-1937]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/05\/747738120\/how-bessie-smith-influenced-a-century-of-popular-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bessy_S.jpg\" alt=\"BESSIE SMITH\" width=\"213\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bessy_S.jpg 213w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bessy_S-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>The Empress of the Blues<\/strong><\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Who6fTHJ34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bessie Smith,<\/strong><\/a> was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century. Her voice, ringing and declamatory, retained the early influence of the black churches, and by the age of 14 she had become the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of blues singer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/ma-rainey-9542413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ma Rainey<\/strong><\/a>, touring with her and learning the craft. Like Ma Rainey, she based her interpretations around secure center tones, returning to them time and again to produce a stark, incantatory effect, utilizing key changes to vary the impact. More sophisticated than her mentor, Bessie\u2019s dramatic delivery employs bent notes, slurs and a rhythmically adventurous use of rests, which tends to place her stylistically at a midpoint between the rural blues and instrumental jazz. \u00a0 \u00a0[B Case &amp; S Britt]<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>\u00a0\u00abListen to my story\u00a0and everything\u00a0will come out true.\u00bb<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00abThroughout her life Bessie moved in a subculture that white America fostered but has only recently begun to understand. Her unique talent and her unflagging quest for a good time took her into a third world of segregated black entertainment where, in an atmosphere of make-believe, she stubbornly remained herself.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">If she had a goal, no one knew just what it was, but those close to her agree that Bessie Smith yearned for acceptance rather than acclaim, and that she did not see the two as being the same. Without playing any show business games, she climbed as far up in her profession as a black artist of her time and genre could go. And when she tumbled from the pinnacle she landed without bitterness, gathered up the pieces, and began another climb.\u00bb<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Chris Albertson: \u00ab<em><strong>Empress of the Blues\u00bb<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 (Abacus, 1975)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2665 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bo8lhYVaMHc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;There&#8217;ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bessie Smith - There&#039;ll Be a Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight (Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bo8lhYVaMHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Come along, get you ready Wear your bran&#8217;, bran&#8217; new gown<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For there&#8217;s gwine to be a meeting In that good, good old town<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Where you knowded everybody And they all knowded you<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And you&#8217;ve got a rabbit&#8217;s foot To keep away de hoo-doo.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>When you hear that the preaching does begin<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Bend down low for to drive away your sin<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And when you gets religion, you want to shout and sing<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>There&#8217;ll be a hot time in the old town tonight, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My baby<\/strong><br \/>\nCHORUS:<br \/>\n<strong>When you hear dem a bells go ding ling ling<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>All join &#8216;round and sweetly you must sing<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And when the verse am through in the chorus all join in<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>There&#8217;ll be a hot time in the old town tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There&#8217;ll be girls for ev&#8217;ry body: In that good, good old town,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For there&#8217;s Miss Consola Davis And there&#8217;s Miss Gondolia Brown<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And there&#8217;s Miss Johanna Beasly She am dressed all in red,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I just hugged her and I kissed her And to me then she said:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Please oh please, oh do not let me fall,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>You&#8217;re all mine and I love you best of all,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And you must be my man, or I&#8217;ll have no man at all,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>There&#8217;ll be a hot time in the old town tonight, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My baby . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2665 \u00a0&#8216;A Good Man is Hard to Find&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BZVD8QqNoak\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My heart is sad and I&#8217;m all alone &#8211; My man&#8217;s treating me mean<br \/>\nI regret the day that I was born and that man I ever seen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My happiness is less today &#8211;\u00a0My heart is broke, that&#8217;s why I say<br \/>\nLord, a good man nowadays is hard to find &#8211;\u00a0You always get another kind<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just when you think that he&#8217;s your pal, you look and find him foolin&#8217; &#8216;round some old gal<br \/>\nThen you rave, you all crave &#8211;\u00a0You want to see him in his grave<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So if your man is nice, take my advice;<br \/>\nHug him in the morning, kiss him at night &#8211;\u00a0Give him plenty lovin&#8217;; treat your good man right<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh, a good man is so hard to find &#8211;\u00a0We always get that roughed old kind<br \/>\nJust when you think that he&#8217;s your pal, you like and find him hangin&#8217; &#8216;round some old gal<br \/>\nThen you rave, how you crave &#8211;\u00a0You wanna see him dead layin&#8217; in his grave<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So if your man is nice, take my advice:<br \/>\nHug him in the morning, kiss him at night &#8211;\u00a0Give him plenty love madam; treat your man right<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause a good man nowadays sure is hard to find<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=19&amp;v=meuwKhPGItk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl&#8217;<\/a> \u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2665\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;<strong>You&#8217;ve Got To Give Me Some&#8217;\u00a0 \u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uiyu6UwZuN4\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Loving is the thing I crave &#8211;\u00a0For your love I&#8217;ll be your slave<br \/>\nYou gotta give me some, yes give me some<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t you hear me pleading, you gotta give me some<br \/>\nSaid mister Jones to old butcher Pete, I want a piece of your good old meat<br \/>\nYou gotta give me some, oh give me some<br \/>\nI crave your round steak, you gotta give me some<\/p>\n<p>Sweet as candy in a candy shop is just your sweet sweet lollypop<br \/>\nYou gotta give me some, please give me some<br \/>\nI love all day suckers, you gotta give me some<\/p>\n<p>To the milkman I heard Mary scream &#8211;\u00a0Said she wanted a lots of cream<br \/>\nYou gotta give me some, oh give me some<br \/>\nCatch it when you come sir, you gotta give me some<br \/>\nHear my cryin&#8217; on my bended knees &#8211;\u00a0If you wanna put my soul at ease<br \/>\nYou gotta give me some, please give me some<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t stand it any longer, you gotta give me some<\/p>\n<p>Seeper called to Pele-Mele, sugar lump &#8211;\u00a0Said I&#8217;m going crazy about your hump<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve got to give me some, please give me some<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t wait eight days, you gotta give me some<\/p>\n<p>Jaybird said to the peckerwood,\u00a0I like to peck like a pecker should<br \/>\nBut give me some, yes give me some<br \/>\nI&#8217;m crazy about them worms, you&#8217;ve gotta give me some<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2665 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladyday.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">BILLIE HOLIDAY<\/span><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0[1915-1959]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJScSnBB_zA\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00b7 \u00a0\u00b7 \u00a0\u00b7 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Some Other Spring<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen, and I was three.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mom was working as a maid with a White family. When they found out she was going to have a baby they just threw her out. Pop\u2019s family just about had a fit, too, when they heard about it. They were real society folks and they never heard of things like that going on in their part of East Baltimore&#8230;\u00a0But both kids were poor. And when you\u2019re poor, you grow up fast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billieholiday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Billie_Holiday_1917.jpg\" alt=\"Billie_Holiday_1917\" width=\"142\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Billie_Holiday_1917.jpg 142w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Billie_Holiday_1917-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s a wonder my mother didn\u2019t end up in the workhouse and me as a foundling. But Sadie Fagan loved me from the time I was just a swift kick in the ribs while she scrubbed floors. She went to the hospital and made a deal with the head woman there. She told them she\u2019d scrub floors and wait on the other bitches Laing up there to have their kids so she could pay her way and mine. And she did, Mom was thirteen that Wednesday, April 7, 1915, in Baltimore when I was born.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By the time she worked her way out of hock in the hospital and took me home to her folks, I was so big and smart I could sit up in a carriage. Pop was doing what all the boys did then \u2013 peddling papers, running errands, going to school. One day he came along by my carriage, picked me up and started playing with me. His mother saw him and came hollering. She dragged at him and said, <em>\u201cClarence, stop playing with that baby. Everybody is going to think it\u2019s yours.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cBut, Mother, it <strong>is<\/strong> mine,\u201d<\/em> he\u2019d tell her. When he talked back to his mother like this she would really have a fit. He was still only fifteen and in short pants. He wanted to be a musician and used to take lessons on the trumpet. It was almost three years before he got long pants for the wedding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After they were married awhile we moved into a little old house on Durham Street in Baltimore. Mom had worked as a maid up North in New York and Philly. She&#8217;d seen all the rich people with their gas and electric lights and she decided she had to have them too. So she saved her wages for the day. And when we moved in we were the first family in the neighborhood to have gas and electricity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/billie-holiday-mn0000079016\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lady_day_Prez.jpg\" alt=\"lady_day_Prez\" width=\"170\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lady_day_Prez.jpg 170w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lady_day_Prez-150x128.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It made the neighbors mad, Mom putting in the gas. They said putting pipes in the ground would bring the rats out. It was true. Baltimore is famous for rats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pop always wanted to blow the trumpet but he never got the chance. Before we got one to blow, the Army grabbed him and shipped him overseas. It was just his luck to be one of the ones to get it from poison gas over there. It ruined his lungs. I suppose if he&#8217;d played piano he&#8217;d probably have got shot in the hand . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">from<strong>\u00a0 Billie Holiday + William Dufty:\u00a0 \u00ab<\/strong><strong><em>Lady Sings the Blues\u00bb<\/em>\u00a0 <\/strong>1956<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YKqxG09wlIA\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u0394\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Fine &amp; Mellow&#8217;<\/strong> \u00a0\u2191\u00a0\u00a0[1957]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My man he don&#8217;t love me he treats me oh so mean . . .<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s the lowest man that I&#8217;ve ever see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He wears high peg pants, stripes are really yellow . . .<br \/>\nWhen he starts into love me he&#8217;s so fine and mellow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Love will make you drink and gamble make you stay out all night long . . .<br \/>\nLove will make you do things that you know is wrong<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Just) treat me right baby and I&#8217; stay home every day . . .<br \/>\nBut you&#8217;re so mean to \u00a0me, baby I know you&#8217;re gonna drive me away<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Love is just like the faucet &#8211; it turns off and on . . .<br \/>\nSometimes when you think it&#8217;s on, baby, it has turned off and gone<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pp9yj5hcWUY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong> \u0394 \u00a0&#8216;<\/strong><strong>God Bless the Child&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d1\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Them that&#8217;s got shall have<br \/>\nThem that&#8217;s not shall lose<br \/>\nSo the Bible said and it still is news<br \/>\nMama may have, Papa may have<br \/>\nBut God bless the child that&#8217;s got his own, that&#8217;s got his own<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the strong gets more<br \/>\nWhile the weak ones fade<br \/>\nEmpty pockets don&#8217;t ever make the grade<br \/>\nMama may have, Papa may have<br \/>\nBut God bless the child that&#8217;s got his own, that&#8217;s got his own<\/p>\n<p>Money, you&#8217;ve got lots of friends<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re crowding around your door<br \/>\nBut when you&#8217;re gone and spending ends<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t come no more<br \/>\nRich relations give crust of bread and such<br \/>\nYou can help yourself, but don&#8217;t take too much<br \/>\nMama may have, Papa may have<br \/>\nBut God bless the child that&#8217;s got his own, that&#8217;s got his own<\/p>\n<p>Money you&#8217;ve got lots of friends<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re crowding around your door<br \/>\nBut when you&#8217;re gone and spending ends<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t come no more<br \/>\nRich relations give crust of bread and such<br \/>\nYou can help yourself, but don&#8217;t take too much<br \/>\nMama may have, Papa may have<br \/>\nBut God bless the child that&#8217;s got his own, that&#8217;s got his own<\/p>\n<p>Here just don&#8217;t worry about nothing cause he&#8217;s got his own<br \/>\nYes, he&#8217;s got his own<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IQlehVpcAes\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><strong>\u2190\u2022 &#8216;My Man&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It cost me a lot b<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ut there&#8217;s one thing that I&#8217;ve got<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s my man &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s my man<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cold or wet, t<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ired, you bet<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All of this I&#8217;ll soon forget w<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ith my man<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He&#8217;s not much on looks &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He&#8217;s no hero out of books<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But I love him &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes, I love him<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two or three girls h<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">as he<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That he likes as well as me b<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ut I love him<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I don&#8217;t know why I should &#8211; h<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">e isn&#8217;t true<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He beats me, too &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What can I do?<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oh, my man, I love him so &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He&#8217;ll never know<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All my life is just despair b<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ut I don&#8217;t care<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When he takes me in his arms, t<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he world is bright<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All right<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What&#8217;s the difference if I say,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;ll go away<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When I know I&#8217;ll come back o<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">n my knees someday<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For whatever my man is,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;m his forevermore<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9-EpwL-udZc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53847\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stormy-weather.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stormy-weather.jpg 500w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stormy-weather-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stormy-weather-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Stormy-weather-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u0394\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;<strong>Stormy weather&#8217;\u00a0 \u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t know why\u00a0there&#8217;s no sun up in the sky\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Stormy weather<br \/>\nSince my man and I ain&#8217;t together\u00a0 keeps raining all of the time<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh yeah\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Life is bare\u00a0gloom and misery everywhere\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Stormy weather &#8230;\u00a0I just can&#8217;t get my poor self together<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh I&#8217;m weary all of the time\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The time, so weary all of the time<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When he went away\u00a0 the blues walked in and met me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> If he stays away\u00a0 old rocking chair&#8217;s gonna get me<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> All I do is pray\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The Lord above will let me\u00a0walk in the sun once more<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I can&#8217;t go on &#8211; \u00a0Everything I have is gone<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stormy weather &#8230; Since my man and I ain&#8217;t together<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Keeps raining all of the time\u00a0&#8211; keeps raining all of the time<\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xxlc4s_billie-holiday-ill-wind-1956-digitally-remastered_music?start=226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/illwind.jpg\" alt=\"illwind\" width=\"428\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/illwind.jpg 428w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/illwind-300x59.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/illwind-150x29.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/illwind-400x79.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address>Blow <strong>ill wind\u00a0\u2191<\/strong>\u00a0Blow away,<\/address>\n<address>Let me rest today.\u00a0You\u2019re blowin\u2019 me no good, \u00a0No good.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Go ill wind, \u00a0Go away,<\/address>\n<address>Skies are oh so gray around my neighborhood, and that&#8217;s no good<\/address>\n<address>You\u2019re only misleadin\u2019 the sunshine I&#8217;m needing, ain\u2019t that a shame?<br \/>\nIt\u2019s so hard to keep up with\u00a0troubles\u00a0that creep up<br \/>\nFrom out of nowhere, when love\u2019s to blame.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>So ill wind, blow away.\u00a0Let me rest today.\u00a0You\u2019re blowin\u2019 me no good. No good&#8230;<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-DGY9HvChXk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u0394\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;STRANGE FRUIT&#8217; \u00a0\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Southern trees bear strange fruit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zBIqLqUenz0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30431\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lady_Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lady_Day.jpg 170w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lady_Day-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Blood on the leaves and blood at the root<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pastoral scene of the gallant south<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Then the sudden smell of burning flesh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here is fruit for the crows to pluck<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Here is a strange and bitter cry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0&#8216;Gloomy Sunday&#8217; \u21d2<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jazz.tulane.edu\/collections\/barker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">BLU LU BARKER<\/span><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0[1913-1998]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6vX8dbW65Jc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t you feel my leg<\/strong>, \u2191\u00a0 don&#8217;t you feel my leg<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Cause if you feel my leg \u00a0you&#8217;ll want to feel my thigh<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And if you feel my thigh \u00a0you&#8217;ll wanna move up high<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">So don&#8217;t you feel my leg<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t you buy no rye, \u00a0don&#8217;t you buy no rye<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Because if you buy some rye \u00a0you&#8217;re gonna make me high<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And if you make me high \u00a0you\u2019re gonna tell me a lie<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">So don&#8217;t you make me high<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You say you&#8217;ll take me out and treat me fine<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">But I know there\u2019s something you got on your mind<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">If you keep drinking you\u2019re gonna get f_<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And your wino asking for a fine remedy place<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t you feel my leg, \u00a0don&#8217;t you feel my leg<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8216;Cause if you feel my leg \u00a0you&#8217;ll want to feel my thigh<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And if you feel my thigh \u00a0you&#8217;ll wanna go up high<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So don&#8217;t you feel my leg<\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xOdvkYSLdoY\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthbrown.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">RUTH BROWN<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0[1928-2006]<\/span><\/h3>\n<h6><strong>\u25ca \u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KPll4sQDssU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;If I Can&#8217;t Sell It, I&#8217;m Going To Sit Down On It&#8217;<\/a> \u2193<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/17LZnN20eKs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>I own a secondhand furniture store and I think my prices are fair, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Course this real cheap guy I know came in one day. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Saw this chair he wanted to buy, but he wouldn&#8217;t, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>claimed the price was too high. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>So I looked straight in the eye, and this was my reply&#8230; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>If I can`t sell it, I`m gonna sit down on it. I ain&#8217;t gonna give it away. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now darling if you want it, you`re gonna have to buy it. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And I mean just what I say. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now how would you like to find this waitin&#8217; at home for you every night. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Only been used once or twice but it`s still nice and TIGHT! Whoa&#8230; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>So if I can&#8217;t sell it, I`m gonna keep sittin&#8217; on it. I ain`t gonna give it away. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now you can`t find a better pair of legs in town and a back like this, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>huh, not for miles around. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And that is why if I can`t sell it, I&#8217;m going to recline upon it. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Why should I give it away? <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Because it&#8217;s made for comfort, built for wear and tear. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Where else could you find such an easy chair! Haa&#8230; Whoa&#8230; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>If I can&#8217;t sell it, darling I`m gonna sit down on it. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I don&#8217;t see the need to give it away. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Because it`s lush, plush, slick and sleek. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Darling, a high class speech like this at any price is cheap! <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>So if I can`t sell it, I`m gonna sit back down on it. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Why should I give it away? <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now look at this nice bottom, ain&#8217;t it easy on the eye, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>guaranteed to support any weight or size! Whoa&#8230; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>If I can`t sell it, I`m just gonna keep sittin&#8217; on it. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Don`t ask me to give it away. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now, I have really had my fill of folks <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>always comin&#8217; around with their hands stuck out, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>wantin&#8217; something, don`t want to give up nothing. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now if you want this, put your hand in your stash and give me some cash. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now if you want something for free, go to the Salvation Army, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>don`t come runnin&#8217; to me. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now this is not Saint Paul`s place, this is Ruth`s place. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Read my lips. NO FREE TRIPS! <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And you can look at me and see I have not been starvin&#8217; darling. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now I have a few diamonds that I haven`t even taken off to dust lately. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Now you are not getting anything around here for free. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Show me the color of your money.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>GOODBYE!\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gPbUUf34dkA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gPbUUf34dkA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5-10-15 hours&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_lw1hqdTJ8\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Baby baby baby, I&#8217;ve got to have you for my own &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you ever need me baby, call me on the telephone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I wanna love ya love ya love ya, love ya love ya all the time &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nI wanna love ya love ya baby, if I live to ninety nine!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Just give me five, ten, fifteen hours of your love &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nGive me fifteen hours while that shiny moon&#8217;s above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I wanna hold ya hold ya hold ya, hold ya till the broad daylight &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nI wanna thrill ya thrill ya thrill ya till the sun is shinin&#8217; bright.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So give me five, ten, fifteen hours there with you &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nGive me fifteen hours and I&#8217;ll prove my love to you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well, <strong>if you ever think about me, daddy won&#8217;t you let me know?<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u00b4ll be your loving baby and you can be my so and so<br \/>\nOhh yeah, ooh yeah! Oohh, Uuh yeah!<\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" class=\"yt\" style=\"color: #222222;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Pinetop Perkins &amp; Ruth Brown - Chains of Love\"><strong>\u2207\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Chains of Love&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3<\/strong> \u00a0[Big Joe Turner]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">w\/ \u00a0<strong>Pinetop Perkins<\/strong> (piano), <strong>Deborah Coleman<\/strong> (guitar), <strong>Jimmy Vivino<\/strong> (guitar), <strong>Bob Stroger<\/strong> (bass), <strong>Willie \u00abBig Eyes\u00bb Smith<\/strong> (drums), <strong>Jerry Vivino<\/strong> (saxophone)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGP_juCVR8E\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chains of love h<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ave tied my heart to you<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chains of love h<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ave made me feel so blue<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Well, now I&#8217;m your prisoner, t<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ell me what are you going to\u00a0do<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Are you gonna leave me,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">or are you gonna make me cry &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These chains are gonna\u00a0gonna haunt me u<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ntil the day I die.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Well, it&#8217;s <strong>three &#8216;o clock in the morning,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the moon is shining bright &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I just sit here and I wonder&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">wonder where are you sleeping tonight.\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/images\/transparent.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>I don&#8217;t trust you; came home last night late. This key don&#8217;t [&#8230;?] Don&#8217;t even try that key at this door. No-no-no-no-no. You go back where you&#8217;ve been, there. <em>&#8216;And no time here?&#8217;<\/em> No, you&#8217;re in the wrong place. I&#8217;m sorry about that. You must really think you really were a fool. Chains, that&#8217;s all right. Chains tied my heart to you but you better give a beat of here, I&#8217;m sick of it. There&#8217;s a man right next door, I met him yesterday, ain&#8217;t too bad&#8230; Can you&#8230; Look, look, look, don&#8217;t come up to my door now, I warn you, I&#8217;m gonna call the police &#8216;cause I&#8217;m sick of you got to my door all kinds of night, any time you [&#8230;?]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You better let me alone, baby, while the moon is shining bright<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>Yeah, you know all the witches come up about that time.<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>You better let me alone babe while the moon is bright<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/>I just sit and I wonder where you gonna sleep tonight&#8230;\u00a0Not here &#8211; not here.<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=THLhELEjQS8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ruth_B.jpg\" alt=\"Ruth_B\" width=\"217\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ruth_B.jpg 170w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ruth_B-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I got up early this morning so I can walk the floor <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I&#8217;ve got to hit the streets &#8216;cause there&#8217;s a wolf outside my door <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>the bill collectors calling and my kids need better shoes <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>gonna go to church on Sunday &#8216;cause I got nothing left to loose <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>and it\u00b4s a good day &#8211; it\u00b4s a really good day for the blues<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">It&#8217;s raining cats and dogs outside &#8211; then I&#8217;m looking for a job<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">the man I worked for laid me off &#8211; lord and I worked for him really hard<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">but I won&#8217;t let my kids go hungry &#8211; no matter what I have to do<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">and it\u00b4s a good day &#8211; it\u00b4s a really good day for the blues<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Things are getting better &#8211; the check is in the mail<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">I just threw my last dye in the wishing well<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">and it\u00b4s a good day &#8211; a really good day for the blues<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">\u2665 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/willie-mae-big-mama-thornton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Mama Thornton<\/a> \u00a0[1926-1984]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192 &#8216;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=24&amp;v=XH13qbn1TnU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hound Dog<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yoHDrzw-RPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>You ain&#8217;t nothing but a hound dog &#8211;\u00a0Been snoopin&#8217; &#8216;round the door . . .<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nYou can wag your tail &#8211;\u00a0I ain&#8217;t gonna feed you no more<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You told me you was high class but I could see through that . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nDaddy, I know you ain&#8217;t no real cool cat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You ain&#8217;t nothing but a hound dog &#8211;\u00a0Been snoopin&#8217; &#8216;round the door . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nWag your tail &#8211;\u00a0I ain&#8217;t no feed you no more<\/p>\n<h5>\u2207\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Ball &amp; Chain&#8217; \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[with Buddy Guy&#8217;s Blues Band _ 1970]<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IJlBo5KJ3b4\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">I would like to say ladies and gentlemen it&#8217;s been a great pleasure to me to have [&#8230;?] with Buddy Guy since 1965 in Europe. This is a song I wrote, made famous by me and Janis Joplin. I wrote this tune called \u00abBall &amp; Chain\u00bb. I hope you like it.<\/address>\n<p>Sitting by my window, I was looking out at the rain.<br \/>\nSitting down by my window, \u00a0yeah Lord, \u00a0looking out at the rain,<br \/>\nAnd you know, something struck me whoa!like a ball and chain.\u00a0I wanna tell you about it. Just listen<\/p>\n<p><strong>I say, why you wanna do this to me baby&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>because you know, you know I love you and I&#8217;m so sick and tired&#8230; so sick and tired of being in misery<\/p>\n<p>All right \u00a0[&#8230;solo&#8230;] our love is like a ball and chain . . . I want somebody to tell me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I know you&#8217;re gonna miss me baby &#8211;\u00a0Lord, I say\u00a0<strong>you&#8217;re gonna miss all of those sweet \u00a0things . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And then you&#8217;ll find that your whole life will be like mine,\u00a0oh Lord, wrapped up just like a ball and chain.<\/p>\n<div>Whoa! \u00a0Yeah! \u00a0Baby!<\/div>\n<div>Why do everything have to happen to me?\u00a0I said, whoa baby! why do&#8230; why do&#8230; why do everything happen to me?<\/div>\n<div>Because my love is gonna last forever<\/div>\n<div>Oh yeah, I know it&#8217;s gonna last &#8230; early in the morning [&#8230;]<\/div>\n<div>ball and chain<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CKORfmlv3kk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0394\u00a0 &#8216;Watermelon Man&#8217; \u00a0\u2191 \u00a0[H. Hancock]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hey!\u00a0Watermelon Man<br \/>\nHey you with the red truck &#8211;\u00a0Watermelon Man<br \/>\nBring me a watermelon make it now<br \/>\nmake it mellow- yes you young fellow<br \/>\nbring it up here to the 5th floor &#8211;\u00a0Watermelon Man<\/p>\n<p>Say Watermelon Man &#8211;\u00a0did you hear what I said?<br \/>\nCan you bring me a watermelon up to the fifth flo&#8217;<br \/>\nFive dollars!?\u00a0 Wait a minute!<br \/>\nWhat you doin&#8217; chargin&#8217; a dollar a floor!?<br \/>\nThink I&#8217;m gonna pay five dollars for a watermelon &#8211; you crazy!<br \/>\nand move, and move your truck out the front of my house<\/p>\n<p>what you say? \u00a0say you got what?<br \/>\ntell me you got a license?<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s alright &#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;ll call the Po-lice! he&#8217;ll make<br \/>\nwhat you say?\u00a0you gonna sell the Po-lice a watermelon?<br \/>\nYou might not know what kinda Police I&#8217;m gonna call<br \/>\nmight not even like watermelon<br \/>\nand you keep on tellin&#8217; me you got a license<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t care what kind of license you got<br \/>\nyou ain&#8217;t got no license to sell in my driveway\u00a0so move it!<\/p>\n<p>oh you ain&#8217;t gonna move huh?<br \/>\n(laughs) Just stay there<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll get all these hound dogs and we&#8217;ll come downstairs<br \/>\nand flatten your tires<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ll get some free<br \/>\nYou better move you smart aleck!<br \/>\nI was gonna buy one of your watermelons for you talk too smart!<br \/>\nand that go for your truck too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2207\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Down Home Shakedown&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<address id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, Big Walter Horton, Dog Ross, JB Lander<\/strong>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p_Gvk84e4jg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u2665 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1nzXGHqI_zQ#t=51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">KOKO TAYLOR<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2190<\/span>\u00a0[1928-2009]<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alligator.com\/artists\/Koko-Taylor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/koko-taylor.jpg\" alt=\"koko-taylor\" width=\"220\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/koko-taylor.jpg 220w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/koko-taylor-150x96.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accurately dubbed <em><strong>\u00abthe Queen of Chicago blues\u00bb<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/koko-taylor-mn0000376739\">Koko Taylor<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0helped keep the tradition of big-voiced, brassy female blues belters alive, recasting the spirits of early legends like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bessie-smith-mn0000054707\">Bessie Smith<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ma-rainey-mn0000188279\">Ma Rainey<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/big-mama-thornton-mn0000762288\">Big Mama Thornton<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/memphis-minnie-mn0000352499\">Memphis Minnie<\/a>\u00a0for the modern age.Taylor&#8217;s rough, raw vocals were perfect for the swaggering new electrified era of the blues, and her massive hit <em>\u00abWang Dang Doodle\u00bb<\/em> served notice that male dominance in the blues wasn&#8217;t as exclusive as it seemed. After a productive initial stint on <strong>Chess<\/strong>,\u00a0Taylor\u00a0spent several decades on the prominent contemporary blues label <strong>Alligator<\/strong>, going on to win more W.C. Handy Awards than any other female performer in history, and establishing herself as far and away the greatest female blues singer of her time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AQICckPv_kQ\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u0394\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Time Will Tell&#8217;\u00a0 \u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00abCigarette ashes and an old empty glass&#8230;\u00a0They seem to remind me that it&#8217;s over and [&#8230;?]<br \/>\nHis parting kisses brought tears to my eyes<br \/>\nWas it goodnight? Was it goodnight, or was it goodbye?<br \/>\nAnd only time, only time, time will tell<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Wrinkled up sofa &#8211;\u00a0Scuff marks on the floor<br \/>\nShow where he was sitting, \u00a0sitting a moment ago<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s never left this early before.<br \/>\nWas that a sign? He won&#8217;t be back no more<br \/>\nAnd only time, only time&#8230; time will tell, oh&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I felt a change the moment you came<br \/>\nwalking in through my front door<br \/>\nThis conversation was almost the same<br \/>\nStill I could tell something was wrong,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">his feelings were changed<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ll empty those ash trays &#8211;\u00a0His glass put away &#8211; straighten my sofa&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">But will I ever, will ever erase from my mind the way you looked at me, the way you kissed me goodnight.<br \/>\nOnly time, only time&#8230; will tell.\u00bb<\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u25ca \u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_w6IY0v-0pA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wang Wang Doodle&#8217; <\/a>\u00a0\u2193<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ckFAdkGT8m4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tell Automatic Slim , tell Razor Totin&#8217; Jim<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tell Butcher Knife Totin&#8217; Annie, tell Fast Talking Fanny<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We gonna pitch a ball, a down to that union hall<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We gonna romp and tromp till midnight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We gonna fuss and fight till daylight<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>All night long<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>All night long<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>All night long<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tell Kudu-Crawlin&#8217; Red, tell Abyssinian Ned<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tell ol&#8217; Pistol Pete, everybody gonna meet<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tonight we need no rest, we really gonna throw a mess<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We gonna to break out all of the windows,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>we gonna kick down all the doors<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>All night long<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>All night long<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>All night long<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tell Fats and Washboard Sam, that everybody gonna to jam<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tell Shaky and Boxcar Joe, we got sawdust on the floor<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tell Peg and Caroline Dye, we gonna have a time<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>When the fish scent fill the air, there&#8217;ll be snuff juice everywhere<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>All night long<\/strong>\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0<strong>All night long<\/strong>\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0<strong>All night long . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/62322RC1xyE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u0394\u00a0 &#8216;ERNESTINE&#8217; \u00a0\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5F3mFp4vWGU&amp;list=PLfO1e3taXqWIWQA7TMr1ZQ6kNoZ3PJ5MI&amp;index=54&amp;app=desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Koko_T.jpg\" alt=\"Koko_T\" width=\"170\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Koko_T.jpg 170w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Koko_T-123x150.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ernestine, you&#8217;d better leave my man alone,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ernestine, because of you I can&#8217;t go on,\u2028<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I told you for the last time, T<\/strong><strong>o find you a man of you own.\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ernestine, what you doing, you know it ain&#8217;t right,\u2028<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ernestine, when you play, it make me wanna fight,\u2028<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Girl you playin&#8217; with danger,\u2028<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>And girl, this might take, it might.\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">Chorus\u2028 Riff\/<strong> i warned you once\u2028 <\/strong>Riff\/<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>girl without a doubt\u2028 <\/strong>Riff\/<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2 strikes you lose \u2028<\/strong>Riff\/<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>third strike you&#8217;re out\u2028\u00a0<\/strong>Riff\/<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>like a baseball game\u2028 <\/strong>Riff\/<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>you dancin&#8217; with a slugger <\/strong>\u2028Riff\/<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I hit a grand slam,\u2028 Cause i&#8217;m a bad mmam duck\u2028\u2028<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ernestine, you&#8217;d better leave my man alone\u2028<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>I told you for the last time \u00a0to find you a man of your own.\u2028\u2028 \u00a0Hey!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;If Walls Could Talk&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sSgg5u0onCM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If walls could talk, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;d hear<br \/>\nA lot of things to make you cry my dear<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t you glad &#8211; Oh you oughta be glad<br \/>\nthat walls don&#8217;t talk &#8211; No they don&#8217;t talk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, if doors could tell who&#8217;s turned the knob<br \/>\nWhen your away, away on your job<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t you glad &#8211; Oh you oughta be glad<br \/>\nthat doors don&#8217;t talk &#8211; No they don&#8217;t talk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If cars could tell who&#8217;s been inside<br \/>\nAnd who&#8217;s been taken, taken for a ride<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t you glad &#8211; Oh you oughta be glad<br \/>\nthat cars don&#8217;t talk &#8211; No they don&#8217;t talk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If shoes could tell where they&#8217;ve been<br \/>\nWhen you claim that you&#8217;ve been visiting a friend<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t you glad &#8211; Oh you oughta be glad<br \/>\nthat shoes don&#8217;t talk &#8211; No they don&#8217;t talk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In a world of trouble we&#8217;d be<br \/>\nthe things they&#8217;s tell on me<br \/>\nMy love life would be through<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m guilty, how about you ?<br \/>\nIf things could talk that way<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t no telling what they might say<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t you glad &#8211; Oh, you oughta be glad<br \/>\nthat things don&#8217;t talk &#8211; No they don&#8217;t talk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ain&#8217;t you glad\u00a0 that things don&#8217;t talk<br \/>\ncuz if they did, we&#8217;d all be in a world of trouble, yeah<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oh ain&#8217;t you glad<br \/>\nI&#8217;m so glad\u00a0 that things don&#8217;t talk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=3&amp;v=QD-hk1eleBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53850\" src=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/K_T.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/K_T.jpg 355w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/K_T-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/K_T-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a>\u0394\u00a0 \u00a0LIVE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u21d1\u00a0 \u00a01978\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 &#8216;Let the good time roll&#8217;\u00a0 \u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Hey everybody &#8211;\u00a0Let&#8217;s have some fun<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You only live once but when you&#8217;re dead you&#8217;re gone<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">So let the good times roll &#8211;\u00a0Well let the good times roll<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re young or old &#8211; Just get together and let the good times roll<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t sit there mumbling, talkin&#8217; trash<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">If you wanna have a ball you gotta spend some cash<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the good times roll &#8211;\u00a0let the good times roll<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re young or old &#8211;\u00a0Just get together and let the good times roll<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Hell! It&#8217;s the Landlord! Knock on the door<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">when police come, tell them I&#8217;m gone<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the good times roll &#8211; Yeah let the good times roll<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re young or old &#8211; Just get together and let the good times roll\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the good times roll . . .<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Tell everybody Koko Taylor is in town<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">A dollar and a quarter I&#8217;m just wearing a crown<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t let nobody play me cheap \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I got fifty cents more than I&#8217;m gonna keep<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the good times roll &#8230; let the good times roll<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re young or old &#8211;\u00a0Just get together and let the good times roll<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fz24e_3p1wc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I&#8217;m a Woman\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh, yeah, oh, yeah &#8211;\u00a0Everything, everything<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>Everything gone be alright &#8211;\u00a0Oh, yeah<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>When I was a little girl, only twelve years old<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>I couldn\u2019t do nothing to save my dog gone soul<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>My mama told me the day I was grown<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>She says, \u201cSing the blues child, sing it from now on\u201d<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> oh, yeah<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I\u2019m a ball of fire<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I can make love to a crocodile<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I can sing the blues<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I can change old to new<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>Spell W-O-M-A-N, oh, yeah<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>That means I\u2019m grown<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I\u2019m a rushing wind<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I can cut stone with a pin<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I\u2019m a love maker<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> you know I\u2019m an earth shaker<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">.<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I\u2019m a rushing wind<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I can cut stone with a pin<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I know my stuff<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I ain\u2019t never had enough<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>I\u2019m goin\u2019 down yonder, behind the sun<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>Gonna do some for you, ain\u2019t never been done<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>I\u2019m a hold back the lightning, with the palm of my hand<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>Shake hands with the devil, make him crawl in the sand<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> oh, yeah<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I\u2019m a ball of fire<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I can make love to a crocodile<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> I\u2019m a love maker<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">I\u2019m a woman,<strong> you know I\u2019m an earth shaker<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh, oh, oh, oh, <\/strong>I\u2019m a woman<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4p72W_VnIuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">29 Ways to Get to My Baby<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I got 29 ways just to get to my baby&#8217;s door . . .<br \/>\nAnd if he need me bad I can find about two or three more<br \/>\nI got 29 ways just to get to my baby&#8217;s door . . .<br \/>\nAnd when he need me bad I can find about two or three more<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I got a way through the front,\u00a0I got a way through the back,<br \/>\nI got a loose hole and I can ease through the crack<br \/>\nI got 29 ways just to get to my baby&#8217;s door<br \/>\nAnd if he need me bad I can find about two or three more . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now I got ways that I never have said &#8211;\u00a0I got a trapdoor right under his bed<br \/>\n<strong>I got 29 ways just to get to my baby&#8217;s door . . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And when he need me bad I can find about two or three more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I got a way through the window,\u00a0I got a way down the hall,<br \/>\nand if the goin&#8217; get rough I got a hole in the wall<br \/>\n<strong>I got 29 ways to get to my baby&#8217;s door<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And when he need me bad I can find about two or three more . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now I got ways that I never have said &#8211;\u00a0I got a trapdoor right under his bed<br \/>\n<strong>I got 29 ways just to get to my baby&#8217;s door . . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And when he need me bad I can find about two or three more<\/strong><br \/>\nI got 29 ways just to get to my baby&#8217;s door<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7N7TJdyifZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baby please don&#8217;t dog me<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OaCzKnC6LJg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trying to make a livin&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">We\u2019ll I\u2019m standing on the corner with a nickle and a key<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m looking for a man that go along with me<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">CHORUS<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Well I\u2019m tryin make a living &#8211; I\u2019m tryin&#8217; make a living<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Yeah, I\u2019m tryin&#8217; make a living &#8211; Best thing I can do<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m gonna pawn my coat &#8211; I\u2019m gonna pawn my shoe<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m gonna pawn these clothes that ain\u2019t never been used<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m gonna pawn my watch &#8211; I\u2019m gonna pawn my ring<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m tellin\u2019 you people, I&#8217;m gonna pawn everything<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Well I\u2019m tryin&#8217; make a living &#8211; I\u2019m tryin&#8217; make a living<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Yeah, I\u2019m tryin&#8217; make a living &#8211; Best thing I can do<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E5T7DBo7GTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blues Never Die<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Everybody&#8217;s wondering where did the blues come from?<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I said everybody\u2019s wondering where did the blues come from?<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Way back in the low land &#8211; right of from my country farm.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When you\u2019re in trouble, blues is a girl\u2019s best friend. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When you\u2019re in trouble, blues is a girl\u2019s best friend. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Blues ain&#8217;t no ask where you\u2019re going and the blues don\u2019t care where you\u2019ve been. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We just can\u2019t let the blues die, blues don\u2019t mean no harm. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We just can\u2019t let the blues die &#8211; Blues don\u2019t mean no harm <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I&#8217;m gonna move back in the low land &#8211; that\u2019s where the blues and I come from.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Maestro! Oh yeah!<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2zhRzoWOwRY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can have my husband \u00a0(but please don\u00b4t mess with my man)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can have my husband but please don&#8217;t mess with my man<br \/>\n<strong>You can have my husband but please don&#8217;t mess with my man<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m telling all you women\u00a0I want you all to understand . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When my man gets paid, he brings red beans and rice<br \/>\nMy man cooks me steaks, now ain&#8217;t that nice?<br \/>\n<strong>You can have my husband but please don&#8217;t mess with my man<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m telling all you women\u00a0I want you all to understand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WELL, MY MAN HE&#8217;S LITTLE\u00a0AND HE LOOKS LIKE A FROG<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BUT WHEN HE STARTS TO LOVE ME\u00a0I HOLLER, OOH, HOT DOG . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can have my husband but please don&#8217;t mess with my man<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m telling all you women\u00a0I want you all to understand . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">YOU CAN HAVE MY HUSBAND<br \/>\nBUT PLEASE DON&#8217;T MESS WITH MY MAN&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qyUHkY0K8HE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Way They Do\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tell Automatic Slim , tell Razor Totin&#8217; Jim<br \/>\nTell Butcher Knife Totin&#8217; Annie, tell Fast Talking Fanny<br \/>\nA we gonna pitch a ball, a down to that union hall<br \/>\nWe gonna romp and tromp till midnight<br \/>\nWe gonna fuss and fight till daylight<br \/>\nWe gonna pitch a <strong>wang dang doodle<\/strong> all night long<br \/>\nAll night long, All night long, All night long<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tell Kudu-Crawlin&#8217; Red, tell Abyssinian Ned<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pistol Pete, everybody gonna meet<br \/>\nTonight we need no rest, we really gonna throw a mess<br \/>\nWe gonna to break out all of the windows,<br \/>\nwe gonna kick down all the doors<br \/>\nWe gonna pitch a <strong>wang dang doodle<\/strong> all night long<br \/>\nAll night long, All night long, All night long<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tell Fats and Washboard Sam, that everybody gonna to jam<br \/>\nTell Shaky and Boxcar Joe, we got sawdust on the floor<br \/>\nTell Peg and Caroline Dye, we gonna have a time<br \/>\nWhen the fish scent fill the air, there&#8217;ll be snuff juice everywhere<br \/>\nWe gonna pitch a <strong>wang dang doodle<\/strong> all night long<br \/>\nAll night long, All night long . . .<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u2665 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alligator.com\/artists\/Katie-Webster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Katie Webster<\/a> \u00a0\u2190 \u00a0[1936-1999]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jedJCibsiHo#t=150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30433\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Katie_W.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Katie_W.jpg 142w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Katie_W-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e8f0H9qSL0E#t=55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;SEA OF LOVE&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Do you remember when we met <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>That&#8217;s the day I knew you were my pet<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I want to tell you how much I love you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Come with me, my love, to the sea, the sea of love \u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I want to tell you how much I love you<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Come with me, to the sea<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2666\u00a0 &#8216;Came Home This Morning&#8217;\u00a0 \u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/siT7v_XITqw\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/address>\n<address id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Came home this morning &#8211; Found my baby gone . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">People I sat down and began to wonder what in the world I done wrong<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Yes I try, yes I try &#8211; everything was all in vain . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">That man caused me nothing but misery &#8211; a lot of [. . . ?] \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Ain&#8217;t it hard, ain&#8217;t it hard when you do the best you can?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">No matter how hard you try, can&#8217;t seem to please your man<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>I&#8217;m gonna get up early in the morning and write myself a letter . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">I&#8217;m gonna mail it and deliver it to me &#8211; I hope it find me feeling better<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Yeah! Yeah!<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g0g8Gman7H4\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u0394\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;A Little Meat On The Side&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d1\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">What I say is true: a woman needs love just like I do . . .<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">[&#8230;?] business &#8211; Bring your business on &#8211; or you&#8217;ll find your good thing up and gone<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>A woman can&#8217;t live on bread alone &#8211; Got to have a little meat on the side . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">Feel my heart &#8211; it&#8217;s [. . . ?] but a woman like me is made out of lonesome bone<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">I need love and I gotta have my affection, or I&#8217;ll go and get my thing in the wrong direction<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>A woman can&#8217;t live on bread alone &#8211; Got to have a little meat on the side . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">You better treat me man like you treat yourself, or you&#8217;ll find me runnin&#8217; round with someone else<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<address>I need love and I gotta have my affection, so don&#8217;t you deny me and don&#8217;t treat me no fool<\/address>\n<address><strong>A woman can&#8217;t live on bread alone &#8211; Got to have a little meat on the side . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>You can&#8217;t make me stay home all alone &#8211; I got to have a little meat on the side<\/address>\n<address>I don&#8217;t stay at home all alone &#8211; I&#8217;m gonna get a lot of meat on the side!<\/address>\n<\/address>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u221e\u00a0 w\/\u00a0 Gatemouth Brown \u2193 &#8216;Every Day I Have The Blues&#8217;<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FO_jk3VGmXw\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyday, everyday I have the blues . . .<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you see me worried, baby, it&#8217;s you that I hate to lose<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobody loves me, nobody seems to care\u00a0. . .<\/strong><br \/>\nSpeakin&#8217; of bad luck and trouble, people, you know, I&#8217;ve had my share<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m packin&#8217; my suitcase\u00a0, movin&#8217; on down the line\u00a0. . .<\/strong><br \/>\nWell, there ain&#8217;t nobody worried\u00a0and there ain&#8217;t nobody cryin&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Everyday, everyday, everyday\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Everyday I have the blues<br \/>\nWhen you see me worryin&#8217;, baby\u00a0it&#8217;s you that I hate to lose<\/p>\n<p>Oh, packin&#8217; my suitcase\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0movin&#8217; down my, yeah<br \/>\nWell, there ain&#8217;t nobody worried\u00a0and there ain&#8217;t nobody cryin&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Seems to me that <strong>everyday . . .\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninasimone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">NINA SIMONE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 [1933-2003]<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a>\u00abI only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested.\u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=116&amp;v=6RGiV46pHQ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45813\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Gotohell.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If your mind lies in the Devil&#8217;s workshop<br \/>\nEvil doin&#8217;s your thrill<br \/>\nAnd trouble and mischief is all you live for<br \/>\nYou know damn well<br \/>\nThat you&#8217;ll go to hell (yeah)\u00a0You&#8217;ll go to hell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now you&#8217;re living high and mighty<br \/>\nRich off the fat of the land<br \/>\nJust don&#8217;t dispose of your natural soul<br \/>\n&#8216;cos if you do you know damn well<br \/>\nThat you&#8217;ll go to hell (yes, you will)\u00a0You&#8217;ll go to hell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hell \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Where your natural soul burns<br \/>\nHell \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Where you pay for your sins<br \/>\nHell \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Keep your children from doing wrong (if you can)<br \/>\n&#8216;cos you know damn well<br \/>\nThat they&#8217;ll go to hell &#8211;\u00a0They&#8217;ll go to hell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hell \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Man, woman were created<br \/>\nHell \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0To live for eternity<br \/>\nHell \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0With an apple they ate from the tree of hate<br \/>\nSo you know damn well<br \/>\nOh&#8230; they went to hell (yes, they did)\u00a0They went to hell<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some say that hell is below us &#8211;\u00a0But I say it&#8217;s right by my side<br \/>\n&#8216;cos you see evil in the morning &#8211;\u00a0Evil in the evening, all the time<br \/>\nYou know damn well that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZfjzMx57bs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we all must be in hell<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZfjzMx57bs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> We got to be in hell &#8211;\u00a0We all must be in hell &#8211;\u00a0We must be in hell.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6dDBrpCL5Qk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Love Me or Leave Me&#8217;<\/a> \u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Love me or leave me and let me be lonely<br \/>\nYou won&#8217;t believe me but I love you only<br \/>\nI&#8217;d rather be lonely than happy with somebody else<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You might find the night time the right time for kissing<br \/>\nNight time is my time for just reminiscing<br \/>\nRegretting instead of forgetting with somebody else<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There&#8217;ll be no one unless that someone is you<br \/>\nI intended to be independently blue<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I want your love, don&#8217;t wanna borrow<br \/>\nHave it today to give back tomorrow<br \/>\nYour love is my love &#8211;\u00a0There&#8217;s no love for nobody else<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Say, love me or leave me and let me be lonely<br \/>\nYou won&#8217;t believe me but I love you only<br \/>\nI&#8217;d rather be lonely than happy with somebody else<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You might find the night time the right time for kissing<br \/>\nNight time is my time for just reminiscing<br \/>\nRegretting instead of forgetting with somebody else<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There&#8217;ll be no one unless that someone is you<br \/>\nI intended to be independently blue<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Say I want your love, don&#8217;t wanna borrow<br \/>\nHave it today to give back tomorrow<br \/>\nYour love is my love &#8211;\u00a0My love is your love<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no love for nobody else<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eYSbUOoq4Vg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SE1VrzT6RrQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My baby just cares for me<\/a>&#8216; \u00a0\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My baby don&#8217;t care for shows &#8211;\u00a0My baby don&#8217;t care for clothes<br \/>\nMy baby just cares for me<br \/>\nMy baby don&#8217;t care for cars and races<br \/>\nMy baby don&#8217;t care for high-tone places<br \/>\nLiz Taylor is not his style and even Lana Turner&#8217;s smile is somethin&#8217; he can&#8217;t see<br \/>\nMy baby don&#8217;t care who knows &#8211;\u00a0My baby just cares for me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Baby, my baby don&#8217;t care for shows and he don&#8217;t even care for clothes<br \/>\nHe cares for me<br \/>\nMy baby don&#8217;t care for cars and races<br \/>\nMy baby don&#8217;t care for &#8211;\u00a0He don&#8217;t care for high-tone places<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Liz Taylor is not his style and even Liberace&#8217;s smile<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">is something he can&#8217;t see&#8230; is something he can&#8217;t see<br \/>\nI wonder what&#8217;s wrong with baby<br \/>\nMy baby just cares for &#8211;\u00a0My baby just cares for<br \/>\nMy baby just cares for me<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZfIrvbq5FRA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I put a spell on you<\/strong> \u00a0\u2191 \u00a0&#8216;Cause you&#8217;re mine<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You better stop the things you do \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I ain&#8217;t lyin&#8217; \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0No I ain&#8217;t lyin&#8217;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You know I can&#8217;t stand it \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0You&#8217;re runnin&#8217; around \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0You know better daddy<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t stand it cause you put me down &#8211;\u00a0Yeah, Yeah<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I put a spell on you<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Because you&#8217;re mine &#8211;\u00a0You&#8217;re mine<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I love ya \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I love you \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I love you \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I love you anyhow<br \/>\nAnd I don&#8217;t care \u00a0If you don&#8217;t want me \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I&#8217;m yours right now<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">You hear me \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0<strong>I put a spell on you<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Because you&#8217;re mine<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mru_ct241OU\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u0394\u00a0 &#8216;I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl&#8217; \u00a0\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I want a little sugar in my bowl &#8211;\u00a0I want a little sweetness down in my soul<br \/>\nI could stand some lovin&#8217; \u00a0oh so bad &#8211;\u00a0I feel so funny and I feel so sad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I want a little steam on my clothes &#8211;\u00a0Maybe I can fix things up so they&#8217;ll go<br \/>\nWhatsa matter Daddy &#8211;\u00a0Come on, save my soul<br \/>\nI need some sugar in my bowl &#8211;\u00a0I ain&#8217;t foolin&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0I want some sugar in my bowl<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You been acting different,\u00a0I&#8217;ve been told &#8211;\u00a0Soothe me,\u00a0I want some sugar in my bowl<br \/>\nI want some steam on my clothes &#8211;\u00a0Maybe I can fix things up so they&#8217;ll go<br \/>\nWhatsa matter Daddy &#8211;\u00a0Come on, save my soul<br \/>\nI want some sugar in my bowl &#8211;\u00a0I ain&#8217;t foolin&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0I want some sugar hmmm<br \/>\nIn my bowl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;Strange Fruit&#8217;\u00a0 \u2193<\/strong>\u00a0 (B. Holliday)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqbXOO3OiOs\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LT38CIgRse4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44600 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lilac_wine.png\" alt=\"lilac_wine\" width=\"178\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lilac_wine.png 255w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lilac_wine-150x81.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">\u2665 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">ODETTA<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 [1930-2008]<a href=\"http:\/\/folkmusicarchives.org\/odetta.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-29683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/odetta.jpeg\" alt=\"odetta\" width=\"96\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/odetta.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/odetta-108x150.jpeg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00ab<em>School taught me how to count and taught me how to put a sentence together. But as far as the human spirit goes, I learned through folk music.\u00bb<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0Jim Crow Blues \u00a0\u2193<\/strong> \u00a0[Lightning In a Bottle_2003]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">We have heard about segregation, and in the 20s, in the 30s, all of these excluding people was called \u00ab<em>Jim Crow\u00bb<\/em>, and Leadbelly wrote a blues called <em>&#8216;<\/em><strong><em>Jim Crow Blues&#8217;<\/em>..<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6SdDZyfrTuc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>Bunk Johnson told me \u00a0<\/strong>[&#8230;?]<strong>: Jim Crowism is dead bad luck for me and you . . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Down in Louisiana, Tennessee, in Mississippi, New York and California, that&#8217;s a great place to be<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Go over there and you&#8217;ll\u00a0find some more Jim Crow<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><strong>I told everybody over the radio,\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We gotta get together people and break up this old Jim Crow . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gVNeozIH2SQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hit Or Miss <\/a>\u00a0\u2193 \u00a0(dubber mix)<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3yE72Md5D40\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Can&#8217;t you see \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0I gotta be me<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t nobody \u00a0just like this<br \/>\nI gotta be me &#8211;\u00a0Baby hit or miss<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sitting here \u00a0all by myself<br \/>\nTrying to be \u00a0everybody else<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Can&#8217;t you see I gotta be me<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t nobody just like this<br \/>\nI gotta be me &#8211;\u00a0Baby hit or miss<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Look at you sitting there all by yourself<br \/>\nListening to everybody<br \/>\nEverybody saying be everybody else<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Can&#8217;t you see &#8211;\u00a0You gotta be thee<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t nobody \u00a0just like you<br \/>\nYou gotta be you &#8211;\u00a0Baby hit or miss . . .<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">\u2665 \u00a0\u25ca\u00a0\u00a0\u2663\u00a0 Bessie Billie &amp; Ruth\u00a0\u2193 <\/span>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbabyjai.com\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sweet Baby J&#8217;ai<\/a>]<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A short film by Grammy award winning filmmakers Renee Sotile and Mary Jo Godges, celebrate the lives of these famous women capturing the spirit and skill for survival they possessed.\u00a0 Actress\/singer\/writer, <strong>Sweet Baby J&#8217;ai<\/strong> brings to life three divas, highlighting little known stories about their lives and music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/opyxmgVSH0o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Few entertainers can command a stage like the indefatigable, \u2191\u00a0<strong>Sweet Baby J&#8217;ai<\/strong>. She is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer, arranger and actress who has toured the world with her distinctive sound. Although J&#8217;ai is known for her energetic stage presence and powerful vocals, some critics describe her as a \u00abjazz singer\u00bb, a R&amp;B\/Pop singer, others as a \u00abblues singer\u201d but all agree that this versatile singer-songwriter is a \u00abstoryteller\u00bb. She can&#8217;t be contained by one genre of music. She has performed in many styles, from soul, R&amp;B, folk, jazz, blues, pop, spoken word, and occasionally even the diva singer fronting the orchestra. She tackles diverse social issues, lost and found love and pays tribute to those who have inspired her and the art form. 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