Ma Rainey

Don't Fish In My Sea

Ma Rainey


My daddy come home this mornin', drunk as he could be 
My daddy come home this mornin', drunk as he could be 
I know that he's done got bad on me 
He used to stay out late, now he don't come home at all 
He used to stay out late, now he don't come home at all 
I know there's another mule 
been kicking in my stable 
If you don't like my ocean, don't fish in my sea 
If you don't like my ocean, don't fish in my sea 
Stay out of my valley, let my mountain be 
I ain't had no loving since God knows when 
I ain't had no loving since God knows when 
That's the reason I'm through with these no-good, trifling 
men 
You'll never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to fall 
You'll never miss the sunshine till the rain begin to fall 
You'll never miss your ham till another mule be in your stall