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Dyin' By the Hour - Bessie Smith



     
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It's an old story, every time it's a doggone man!
It's an old story, every time it's a doggone man!
But when that thing is gone you,
you just drift from hand to hand!
I'd drink up all this acid, if it wouldn't burn me so,
I'd drink up all this acid, if it wouldn't burn me so,
Then telephone the devil, that's the only place I'd go!
Once I weighed two hundred, I'm nothin' but skin and bone,
Once I weighed two hundred, I'm nothin' but skin and bone,
I would always laugh, but it's nothin' but a moan and a groan!
Lord, I'm dyin' by the hour about that doggone man of mine,
I'm dyin' by the hour 'bout that doggone man of mine,
He said he didn't love me, that is why I'm dyin' an' losin' my mind!
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Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in July 1894. However, the 1910 census recorded her birthday as April 15, 1894. Orphaned at eight years old, Smith started singing in the streets to help make money to support herself and four siblings. By her teenage years she was touring around the country.
She recorded her first records when she was 29. She recorded at least 80 records during her lifetime, working with such notable musicians as Louis Armstrong, Joe Smith, Charlie Green.


Read more about Bessie Smith on Last.fm.


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