Bessie Smith Gulf Coast Blues

I've been blue all day,
My man's gone away,
He done left his mama cold,
For another gal, I'm told.

I tried to treat him kind,
I thought he would be mine,
That man I hate to lose,
That's why mama's got the blues.

The man I love, he has done left this town,
The man I love, he has done left this town,
And if it keeps on snowing, I will be Gulf Coast bound.

The mailman passed, but he didn't leave no news.
The mailman passed, but he didn't leave no news.
I'll tell the world he left me with those Gulf Coast blues.

Some of you men sure do make me tired,
Some of you men sure do make me tired,
You've got a mouth full of gimme, a hand full of much obliged.