Decoration Day Blues - John Lee Hocker

Peoples, I had a woman

She was nice and kind to me in every way

Peoples, I had a woman

She was nice and kind to me in every way

Lord, she died, she left me I sing the blues on every Decoration Day

Lord, I was standin' 'round my baby’s bedside

When my Lord taken my baby away

Lord, I was standin' 'round my baby’s beside

When my Lord taken my baby away

Well, well, when you so doggone bad

Lord, I hung my head and cried, yes, so sorry

She said, «Daddy please don’t worry»

'Cause everybody’s got to go"

Daddy please don’t worry

'Cause everybody’s got to go Well, well, well, well, Lord, the best woman

God knows I ever had, all this hurtin'

I just hung my head and cried

Yes, it was a sad day with me So sad that day, so sad, that day

When my Lord taken my baby away

Well, well, well, I’ll meet my baby

On some old lonesome day