Black Cat, Hoot Owl Blues - Ma Rainey

Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill

Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill

If one black cat don’t cross me, another black cat will

It’s bad luck if I’m jolly, bad luck if I cry

It’s bad luck if I’m jolly, bad luck if I cry

It’s bad luck if I stay here, it’s still more bad luck if I die

Last night a hootin' owl came and sat right over my door

Last night a hootin' owl came and sat right over my door

A feelin' seems to tell me, I’ll never see my man no more

I feel my left eye jumpin', my heart a-bumpin'

I’m on my P’s and Q’s

I feel my brain a-thumpin', I got no time to lose

Mama’s superstitious, tryin' to overcome these blues