A J. P. Johnson number (originally sung by Bessie Smith),
can be heard on the Vogue CD "Big Bill Blues".
It rained five days Lord
and the clouds turned as dark as night
It rained five days
and the clouds turned as dark as night
Lord that was really enough trouble
to make a poor man wonder
where in the world to go
I got up one morning,
poor me I couldn't get
even get out of my door
I got up one morning,
poor me I couldn't get
even get out of my door
Lord that was really enough trouble
to make a poor man wonder
where in the world to go
Now they rowed a little boat
just about five miles across the farm
Yeah they rowed a little boat
down about five miles across the farm
Lord I packed up all of my clothes
and throwed them in
and I declare they rowed
poor old Bill along
Then I went and I stood up on a high,
high old lonesome hill
Yes I went and I stood up on a high,
high old lonesome hill
Lord and all I could do was look down
on the house baby where I used to live
Now it thundered and it lightnin'd,
Lord and the wind, wind began to blow
Now it thundered and it lightnin'd,
Lord and the wind, wind began to blow
Lord there was thousands
and thousands of poor people
at that time didn't have
no place to go
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