Sorrowful Blues (04-04-24) - Bessie Smith

If you catch me stealin', I don’t mean no harm

If you catch me stealin', I don’t mean no harm

It’s a mark in my family and it must be carried on

I got nineteen men and I won’t want more

I got nineteen men and I won’t want more

If I get that one more I’d let that nineteen go

I’m gonna tell you, daddy, like Solomon told the Jew

I’m gonna tell you, daddy, like Solomon told the Jew

If you don’t like-ee me, me sure don’t like-ee you

It’s hard to love another woman’s man

It’s hard to love another woman’s man

You can’t get him when you want him, you got to catch him when you can

Have you ever seen peaches grow on sweet potato vine?

Have you ever seen peaches grow on sweet potato vine?

Just step in my backyard and take a peep at mine