Trixie’s Blues (1922 Version)

[Verse 1]
I'm going to leave this town today
Sweet mama Trixie's goin' away
Because my man don't treat me right
He seldom comes home at night
He stays out all night long
That's why sweet mama sings this song

[Verse 2]
I woke up this mornin', somebody was knockin' on my door
I woke up this mornin', somebody was knockin' on my door
It must've been my sweet man they call Lovie Joe

[Verse 3]
I said looky here, pretty papa, tell mama where you stayed last night, hey hey
Now pretty papa, tell mama where you stayed last night
'Cause you didn't come home 'til the sun was shinin' bright

[Verse 4]
Now if you didn't want me, daddy, you had no right to lie, hey hey
Now if you didn't want mе, you had no right to lie
'Cause the day you quit mе, man, that's the day you die

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
Now some like her yellow, but give me my black and brown
I said some like her yellow, but give me my black and brown
'Cause a black will stick by you when a yellow throw you down

[Verse 6]
Trixie want no man I've got to give my money to, hey hey
I said I don't want no man I've got to give my money to
'Cause he'll give it to another woman and make a darn fool out of you