Ma Rainey

Jelly Bean Blues

Ma Rainey


If you ever wake up with your good man on your mind 
If you ever wake up with your good man on your mind 
My daddy left me this morning, that's why I moan and cry 
He'll make you laugh, he'll make you cry, he'll drive those blues away 
You'll sit right down and weep and moan and then you'll find he's went 
Lord, I been wonderin' where my jelly bean 
has gone 
I can see you rider, yea, helle loo, a thousand miles away 
I just can't remember what my baby had to say 
He said: 
see see rider 
, today I'm goin' away, and I won't be back until you change your way 
So back and easy rider, today that mean' goodbye 
You did not worry me, you had no right to lie