DOWN AND OUT BLUES
(Sam Mayo)

Jay Wilbur & His Band
V. Sam Costa
Recorded 11th July 1938

Also recorded by:

Jimmy Mesene
Flanagan & Allen




When you’re tired, lonesome, walking around the town
And the rain comes uninvited in your shoes,
What are you going to say, what are you going to do
Sing the down and out blues

All you possess in this great big world
Is an appetite you’re trying your best to lose
What are you going to say, what are you going to do
Sing the down and out blues

When your dreams and schemes have gone astray
And your pals and gals have left you on your own
Laugh and the world laughs with you
Weep and you weep alone

What can you do, where can you go to
Beggars cannot choose
Tired, lonesome, walking around the town
Singing the down and out blues.


Transcribed from John Wright's 78 EPM Record Collection




(Contributed by Bill Huntley - January 2013)