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: Billie Wilson]
Just listen here Sam [?] Green
You're the greenest man I've ever seen
Ever since I married you in Alabam'
I've been keeping company with loving Sam
You're nothing but a [?]
So on this very day
[Chorus 1: Billie Wilson & Eddie Green]
I'm leaving you (Oh, you say you're going away)
I mean I'm through (And you're going to stay)
If you don't think I'm leaving, count the days I'm gone
But you'll come back when you're hungry, mama, sure's you born
You ain't my style (I ain't no fashion card)
Why, you never smile (I have to work too hard)
Don't you start no argument
I have taken your last cent (Got my money?!)
What I said, I surely meant (Oh lord)
That I'm leaving you
[Interlude: Billie Wilson & Eddie Green]
You ain't going, sure enough, is you mama?
I ain't stayin'. Why, you'd have to have straight hair to keep me!
Looky here mama, that "Kink No More" burns my head!
And furthermore, I want this house cleaned from top to bottom! And while you're cleaning, don't forget to scrub the bathtub.
Well, can I take a bath?
I should say not.
I need one, I ain't had none in two months.
Sorry. You want a bath, go down to the river.
Looky here mama, there's some hot biscuits on the top of the table, can I have one of them?
No, there's some dog biscuits under the table, eat them.
Oh, mama, now you know I love you. You know I worked hard and saved for you. You had nothin' to do 'round here but sit on your chair, and you won't even do that. That's the only thing I don't like 'bout you women.
[Chorus 2: Billie Wilson & Eddie Green]
Now you turn 'round and tell me you're leavin' me (You ain't got a [?])
And it's plain to see (Going far as I can go)
I guess my rocking chair has done got old
My new daddy rocks me with a steady roll
If you change your mind (Well, Sam, what if I do?)
I won't be hard to find (I never look for you)
You know I gave you my last dime
I even loved you with a love sublime
But I get tired of one man all the time (Oh, lord)
So I'm leaving you
I’m Leaving You was written by Eddie Green.