Four Day Worry Blues

Song Four Day Worry Blues
Artist Leadbelly
Album Leadbelly: Important Recordings (1934-1949)

Lyrics

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[00:01.99] Four Day Worry Blues---Lead Belly
[00:06.62] Naaaa . . . hey, hey hey
[00:15.49] Naaaa . . . Daddy you on my mind
[00:22.25]
[00:23.87] I ain't got but little business, whenDaddy
[00:28.38] I am cryin'
[00:32.01] Yes I would not been here had it not been for you
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[00:40.94] Said I would not been here had it not been for you
[00:47.82]
[00:48.82] Treat me low down and dirty, Daddy that's the way you
[00:54.32] do
[00:55.34]
[00:57.59] Oooooooooh pretty papa . . . Woh!
[01:06.91] OooOooooh pretty papa . . . Oh!
[01:12.40]
[01:14.15] Yes I ain't gonna be your low down dog no more
[01:20.90] Been your dog, every since I entered your door
[01:26.27][spoken] That was a song, Ena was in the kitchen
[01:28.91] She was cookin' my breakfast and I'd been out all night
[01:32.60] long
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[01:34.50] And I was so ashamed of myself to hear her standin' in
[01:38.19] there cryin'
[01:40.12] And when she began to cry I'd get up and go
[01:43.12] and pat her on the shoulder
[01:44.62]And here're the words she said: [/spoken]
[01:47.26] "Now I'm goin' away to wear you off my mind
[01:55.32] I've got the blues Lord, I just can't keep from cryin'
[02:02.57] I've got another pretty papa to ease me and to keep me
[02:06.26] from cryin'"
[02:08.13][spoken] I couldn't stand to hear that, say that word
[02:10.76] 'bout you had another pretty papa
[02:12.20] I had to get up and go in the kitchen and see what is
[02:14.78] the matter with her.
[02:15.78]She commenced to cryin' again: [/spoken]
[02:18.29] "NoooOooOoow . . . Daddy what a low down feelin'
[02:28.98] NoooOooOoow . . . Daddy what a low down feelin'"
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[02:38.98] Been my daily occupation, takin' the monkey mens' women