HOUSE RENT BLUES


T Wallace


Bessie Smith w Charlie Green (trombone) & Fletcher Henderson (piano)  rec July 23rd 1924 New York


also-
Monette Moore '24


Where's that coalman?
I want a big lump o' coal this morning!


On a cold, dark and stormy night,
On a cold, dark and stormy night,
They want to put me out, and it wasn't daylight;


And on my door they nailed a sign,
And on my door they nailed a sign,
I got to move from here if the rent man don't change his mind.


See me comin', put your woman oudoors,
See me comin', put your woman oudoors,
You know I ain't no stranger and I been here before.


Lawdy, what a feelin'!
Bin man comes a-creepin',
In my bed I sleepin',
He left me with those house rent blues














(Contributed by Peter Akers - July 2008)