HONEY MAN BLUES
George Brooks

as rec by Bessie Smith   Oct 25th 1926  New York


I've got the blues and it's all about my honey man,
I've got the blues and it's all about my honey man,
What makes me love him I sure don't understand!

I'd rather be in the ocean floatin' like a log,
I'd rather be in the ocean floatin' like a log,
That to stay with him and be mistreated like a dog!

My heart's on fire but my tub is icy cold,
My heart's on fire but my tub is icy cold,
But I'm goin' right to him praisin', get him told!

I'll fix him if it's twenty years from now,
I'll fix him if it's twenty years from now,
I'll have him bell'in' just like a cow!

I's born in Georgia, my ways are on the ground,
I's born in Georgia, my ways are on the ground,
If you mistreat me, I'll hug you like a hound!







(Contributed by Peter Akers - May 2009)