Weeping Willow Blues - Bessie Smith

I went down to the river sat beneath

The willow tree

The dew dropped on those willow

Leaves and it rolled right down on me

And that's the reason I've got those

Weepin' willow blues

I went up on the mountain high as

Any girl could stand

And looked down on the mean

Town that took away my lovin' man

And that's the reason I've got those

Weepin' willow blues

I heard the whistle blowin' the

Fireman ring the bell

They're takin' away that willow

Tree that give me this weepin' spell

And that's the reason I've got those

Weepin willow blues

When you're broken

Hearted and your man is out of town

Go to the river take the chains and sit down

And if he don't come back to

You I'll tell you what to do

Just jump right overboard

Cause he ain't no more to you

Folks I love my man I kiss him

Mornin noon and night

I wash his clothes and keep him

Clean and try to treat him right

Now he's gone and left me after all I tried to do

The way he treats me girls

He'll do the same to you

That's the reason

I've got those weepin' willow blues