Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Lottie Kimbrough
Lottie Kimbrough
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Edmonia Henderson
Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
Priscilla Stewart
Priscilla Stewart
Thelma La Vizzo
Thelma La Vizzo
James Blythe
James Blythe
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Maggie Jones
Maggie Jones
Monette Moore
Monette Moore
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Anna Lee Chisholm
Anna Lee Chisholm
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Sunset Four Quartette
Sunset Four Quartette
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Kitty Brown & Leroy Morton
Kitty Brown & Leroy Morton
Priscilla Stewart
Priscilla Stewart
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Eddie Green & Billie Wilson
Eddie Green & Billie Wilson
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
Sodarisa Miller
Sodarisa Miller
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Lottie Kimbrough
Lottie Kimbrough
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Edmonia Henderson
Edmonia Henderson
Priscilla Stewart
Priscilla Stewart
Sunset Four Quartette
Sunset Four Quartette
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Sodarisa Miller
Sodarisa Miller
Ford and Ford
Ford and Ford
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Jimmy O’Bryant & James Blythe & Jasper Taylor
Jimmy O’Bryant & Jasper Taylor & James Blythe
Ukulele “Bob” Williams
Ukulele “Bob” Williams
Julia Davis (1920s Blues Singer)
Julia Davis (1920s Blues Singer)
The Down Home Syncopaters & Trixie Smith
The Down Home Syncopaters & Trixie Smith
Thelma La Vizzo
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Priscilla Stewart
Priscilla Stewart
Lottie Kimbrough
Lottie Kimbrough
Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Sodarisa Miller
Sodarisa Miller
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band &
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Leola B. “Coot Grant” Wilson
Sunset Four Quartette
Sunset Four Quartette
Professor J. Wesley Jones and Community Choristers
Sodarisa Miller
Sodarisa Miller
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders & Priscilla Stewart
Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders & Priscilla Stewart
Jones’ Paramount Charleston Four
Jones’ Paramount Charleston Four
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Sunset Four Quartette
Sunset Four Quartette
Priscilla Stewart
Priscilla Stewart
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Sunset Four Quartette
Sodarisa Miller
Sodarisa Miller
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Priscilla Stewart
Priscilla Stewart
[Verse 1]
Did you ever take your troubles, go down by some riverside
Did you ever take your troubles, go down by some riverside
And wish the day that you were born had been the day that you had died?
[Verse 2]
This world's like an ocean, my life's like a deep blue sea
This world's like an ocean, my life's like a deep blue sea
All the waters find the ocean, trouble's always finding me
[Verse 3]
My man keeps me worried, I've cried for one solid week
My man keeps me worried, I've cried for one solid week
I've shed so darn many tears [?] made a stream right to the street
[Verse 4]
Gonna end all my troubles so I won't have to cry
Gonna end all my troubles so I won't have to cry
I'm goin' down to the river and bid this cruel ol' world goodbye
[Verse 5]
Like a lonely ship on a dark and stormy midnight cruise
Like a lonely ship on a dark and stormy midnight cruise
I'm just a wayward child with the down by the riverside blues
Down By The River Blues was written by John Erby.