DEEP RIVER BLUES
(Eddie Green / Lucile Marie Handy)

W.C. Handy - 1925
Willard Robison - 1926
Novelty Blue Boys - 1927
Ray Starita's Piccadilly Revels Band - 1927
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - 1954




As recorded by WILLARD ROBISON:

Deep river, deep river
Mississippi River so deep and wide
My heart is yearnin' as I watch the evenin' tide
Because I'm over here, my girl is on the other side

Deep river, deep river
When I'm worried I come to you
I sit beside you when I'm feelin' blue
'Cause you're the only one that I can tell my troubles to

If I had the means I'd go to New Orleans
But right at this time I ain't got a dime to spare
At break of day I'll steal away
There's no one to care or wanta know where I'm gone
And if I get the blues, I'll take off my shoes
I'll look at the Lord and jump overboard and drown

Deep river blues, I can’t refuse
Your sweet melody
I’ll always be by your side
When the evenin' tide comes along

Oh, Mississippi, hear my sorrow song
Then my tribulation won't last so long
Come to me and set me free
From those deep river blues




Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection

(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - June 2013
updated by Mel Priddle - May 2018))