How Long How Long Blues (Leroy Carr 1928):
How long, babe, how long,
Has that evening train been gone?
How long, how long, baby how long.
I stood at the station, watched my baby leavin' town,
Blue and disgusted, nowhere could she be found.
How long, how long, baby how long.
I can hear the whistle blowin', but I cannot see no train,
And it's deep down in my heart baby, there lies an aching pain,
But how long, how long, baby how long.
Sometimes I feel so disgustin', and I feel so blue,
That I hardly know what in this world, baby, just to do,
But how long, how long, baby how long.
And if I could holler like I was a mountain jack,
I'd go up on the mountain and I'd call my baby back
But how long, how long, baby how long.
And if someday you're gonna be sorry that you've done me wrong,
Well it will be too late, baby, I'll be gone.
But so long, so long, baby so long.
My mind get's a ramblin', I feel so bad,
And if I did bad love, that I have had,
Couse how long, how long, baby how long.
How Long How Long Blues Part 2:
How long, baby, how long,
Must I keep my watch in p***?
How long, how long, baby, how long.
I'm goin' to the p***shop, put my watch in p***,
I don't want it to tell me that you have been gone
For so long, so long, baby, so long.
I had some tough luck lately, I got locked up in jail,
I called for you, baby, to come and go my bail
For how long, how long, baby, how long?
I'm goin' down to Georgia, been up in Tennessee
So look me over baby - the last you'll see of me
For so long, so long, baby, so long.
The last time I tried to love you, you were so very cold
I thought that I was standing holding ...[?]
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
I can see the green grass growin' on the hill
But I ain't seen the green grass on a dollar bill.
For so long, so long, how long.
Don't have no money for a ticket on the train
But I would ride the rugs, baby, to be with you again
For how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
How Long How Long Blues Part 3:
How long, babe, how long,
Must I sing my lonesome song?
How long, how, how long, baby, how long?
I have been waiting but the mailman leaves no mail.
I'm just drifting like a ship without a sail.
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
Sometimes I think you love me and I feel so glad,
But you stay away baby and then I feel so bad.
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
And if some day you'll find me, baby, six feet under the ground,
And you know it's because you quit me you won't have my face turned down
For how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
You're gonna love me, baby, and I'll do the best I can,
But if you had to quit me why [feel] some other woman's man
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
Last night I heard a hound dog, babe, and I felt so blue.
Cause I [feel he] was on the way, [god], looking down at you
How long, how, how long, baby, how long?
Sometimes I get to dreaming that you're coming back.
And I go down to the station and gaving up the track.
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
How long, babe, how long,
Has that evening train been gone?
How long, how long, baby how long.
I stood at the station, watched my baby leavin' town,
Blue and disgusted, nowhere could she be found.
How long, how long, baby how long.
I can hear the whistle blowin', but I cannot see no train,
And it's deep down in my heart baby, there lies an aching pain,
But how long, how long, baby how long.
Sometimes I feel so disgustin', and I feel so blue,
That I hardly know what in this world, baby, just to do,
But how long, how long, baby how long.
And if I could holler like I was a mountain jack,
I'd go up on the mountain and I'd call my baby back
But how long, how long, baby how long.
And if someday you're gonna be sorry that you've done me wrong,
Well it will be too late, baby, I'll be gone.
But so long, so long, baby so long.
My mind get's a ramblin', I feel so bad,
And if I did bad love, that I have had,
Couse how long, how long, baby how long.
How Long How Long Blues Part 2:
How long, baby, how long,
Must I keep my watch in p***?
How long, how long, baby, how long.
I'm goin' to the p***shop, put my watch in p***,
I don't want it to tell me that you have been gone
For so long, so long, baby, so long.
I had some tough luck lately, I got locked up in jail,
I called for you, baby, to come and go my bail
For how long, how long, baby, how long?
I'm goin' down to Georgia, been up in Tennessee
So look me over baby - the last you'll see of me
For so long, so long, baby, so long.
The last time I tried to love you, you were so very cold
I thought that I was standing holding ...[?]
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
I can see the green grass growin' on the hill
But I ain't seen the green grass on a dollar bill.
For so long, so long, how long.
Don't have no money for a ticket on the train
But I would ride the rugs, baby, to be with you again
For how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
How Long How Long Blues Part 3:
How long, babe, how long,
Must I sing my lonesome song?
How long, how, how long, baby, how long?
I have been waiting but the mailman leaves no mail.
I'm just drifting like a ship without a sail.
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
Sometimes I think you love me and I feel so glad,
But you stay away baby and then I feel so bad.
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
And if some day you'll find me, baby, six feet under the ground,
And you know it's because you quit me you won't have my face turned down
For how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
You're gonna love me, baby, and I'll do the best I can,
But if you had to quit me why [feel] some other woman's man
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?
Last night I heard a hound dog, babe, and I felt so blue.
Cause I [feel he] was on the way, [god], looking down at you
How long, how, how long, baby, how long?
Sometimes I get to dreaming that you're coming back.
And I go down to the station and gaving up the track.
But how long, how, how long, baby, how long?