TROUBLED WATERS
>From the film "Belle Of The Nineties" (1934)
(Music: Arthur Johnston / Lyrics: Sam Coslow)


Mae West with Duke Ellington's Orch. (Film Soundtrack) - 1934





Oh, I'm gonna drown down in those troubled waters
They're creepin' round my soul, they're way beyond control
And they'll wash my sins away before the morning

They say that I'm one of the Devil's daughters
They look at me with scorn, I'll never hear that horn
I'll be underneath the water judgement morning

Oh, Lord, am I to blame
Must I bow my head in shame
If people go 'round scandalising my name

I'm gonna drown down in those troubled waters
They're creepin' round my soul, they're way beyond control
And they'll wash my sins away before the morning

Oh, Lord, am I to blame
Must I bow my head in shame
If people go 'round scandalising my name

I'm gonna drown down in those troubled waters
They're creepin' round my soul, they're way beyond control
And they'll wash my sins away before the morning






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2013)