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 & Eddie Green]
Look me over carefully, papa
Don't you know who I am?
I do not know you
Don't you recognize your mama
That ran away with loving Sam?
Oh, yeah!
Things have sure gone hard with me
Since I've been away
Broke and starving as can be
I've come back to say
[Chorus: Billie Wilson & Eddie Green]
Everything I ever did to you, sweet papa
I'm sorry for it now
I don't what I did, but whatever I did
I didn't mean to do it nohow
I remember that you were so good to me
But I couldn't stand prosperity
So everything I ever did to you, sweet papa
I'm sorry for it now
[Interlude: Billie Wilson & Eddie Green]
Papa, please take me back
Oh sister, you'll never get back herе no more, you had too many outside men
I won't havе no outside men
[?] inside neither round here
But papa, I ain't got no place to go
No? Well you can go to... go out of here
Oh papa, don't drive me out
Oh sister, I told you when you was here before, it's a long road [?]. And you know I loved and I worked hard for you. I went out to work every day, sometimes twice a day. And I loved you like a husband, didn't I?
Yes
You loved me too, didn't you?
Yes
[?]
[Chorus: Billie Wilson, Eddie Green, & Both]
Everything I ever did to you, sweet papa
I'm sorry for it now
But you went out of here once, now go out of here again
I don't want you nohow (Lord, listen to that)
'Cause you is raggedy, you is dirty, you look so hard
Why, you'd have to wipe your feet to even come in my backyard
What you did was a sin (Please forgive me), but you'll never do it again
I'm sorry for it now
I’m Sorry For It Now was written by Eddie Green.