SENOR BLUES
Horace Silver  1956

as rec by Chris Connor w Orch cond by Bob Thompson  1959

also rec by-
The Horace Silver Quintet '56
Rose Hardaway '59
Anita O'day w Gary McFarland & his Orch '61
Taj Mahal '97
Ray Charles


Senor Blues is what they call him,
Way down Mexicali way.
Senoritas fallin' for him
With the hope that he will stay.

By the time that they love him,
Senor Blues has gone away!
Well, he's tall and good lookin',
And he always knows just what to say!

Yes, he's tall and good lookin',
And he always knows just what to say!
By the time that they love him,
Senor Blues has gone away!

I don't know why,
Don't know why
He's a wanderin', wanderin' guy,
With no one gal to lay his head by.

Oooooooh, I'm so tired and lonely and blue,
'Cause the one man I love won't be true!
Got the blues and it's all 'cause of you,
Senor Blues!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2011)