Bessie Smith Cemetary Blues Lyrics

Cemetary Blues Lyrics

Folks, I know a gal named Cemetary Lize, 

Down in Tennessee; 

She
has got a pair of mean old graveyard eyes, 

Full of misery! 

Every
night and day, 

You can hear her sing her blues away: 



I'm
going down to the cemetary, 

'Cause the world is all wrong! 

I'm
going down to the cemetary, 

'Cause the world is all wrong! 

Down
there with the spooks to hear 'em sing my sorrow song. 



Got a date
to see a ghost 

By the name of Jones, 

Got a date to see a ghost,


By the name of Jones, 

Makes me feel happy to hear him rattle his
bones! 



He's one man 

I always know just where to find! 

He's one man, 

I always know just where to find! 

When you want
true lovin', go and get the cemetary kind! 



He ain't no fine
dresser, 

He don't wear nothin' but a sack; 

Yeah, he ain't no fine
dresser, 

He don't wear nothin' but a sack; 

Everytime he kisses me,
that funny feeling creeps up my back!