WOMAN'S TROUBLE BLUES
Jack Gee

as rec by Bessie Smith   
Dec 12th 1924 New York


When a woman gets in trouble, everybody throws her down,
When a woman gets in trouble, everybody throws her down,
You'll have four friends, and none can be found!

I gotta go to jail innocent, I got to do my time,
I gotta go to jail innocent, I got to do my time,
Because the judge is so cruel, he won't take no fine.

When I get out, I'm gonna leave this town,
When I get out, I'm gonna leave this town,
Everybody'll miss me when they don't see me around.

There ain't but one thing worth my trouble in mind,
There ain't but one thing worth my trouble in mind,
The man I love left me behind!

My man left me, that's why I'm all confused,
My man left me, that's why I'm all confused,
He left me with them troublin' blues!









(Contributed by Peter Akers - May 2009)