SADDEST TALE

from 1935 short film 
"Symphony In Black: A Rhapsody Of Negro Life"
(Duke Ellington / Irving Mills  1935)

Billie Holiday with
Duke Ellington & his Orch
recorded March 12th 1935 New York


Saddest tale on land or sea 
Was when my man walked out on me.

My man's gone, I feel so alone,
I've got those lost my man blues.
He didn't treat me fair,
It's more than I can bear,
I've got those lost my man blues,
I've got those lost my man
Hangin'back again blues!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2016)