Four Day Worry Blues

Four Day Worry Blues---Lead Belly

Naaaa . . . hey, hey hey

Naaaa . . . Daddy you on my mind

I ain't got but little business, whenDaddy

I am cryin'

Yes I would not been here had it not been for you

Said I would not been here had it not been for you

Treat me low down and dirty, Daddy that's the way you

do

Oooooooooh pretty papa . . . Woh!

OooOooooh pretty papa . . . Oh!

Yes I ain't gonna be your low down dog no more

Been your dog, every since I entered your door

[spoken] That was a song, Ena was in the kitchen

She was cookin' my breakfast and I'd been out all night

long

And I was so ashamed of myself to hear her standin' in

there cryin'

And when she began to cry I'd get up and go

and pat her on the shoulder

And here're the words she said: [/spoken]

"Now I'm goin' away to wear you off my mind

I've got the blues Lord, I just can't keep from cryin'

I've got another pretty papa to ease me and to keep me

from cryin'"

[spoken] I couldn't stand to hear that, say that word

'bout you had another pretty papa

I had to get up and go in the kitchen and see what is

the matter with her.

She commenced to cryin' again: [/spoken]

"NoooOooOoow . . . Daddy what a low down feelin'

NoooOooOoow . . . Daddy what a low down feelin'"

Been my daily occupation, takin' the monkey mens' women