Misery + 

Play de blues for me. + 

Play de blues for me. + 

No other music + 

’Ll ease ma misery. + 

Sing a soothin’ song. + 

Said a soothin’ song, + 

Cause de man I love’s done + 

Done me wrong. + 

Can’t you understand, + 

O, understand + 

A good woman’s cryin’ + 

For a no-good man? + 

Black gal like me, + 

Black gal like me + 

’S got to hear a blues + 

For her misery. + 