"Mean Old Bed Bug Blues" lyrics - BESSIE SMITH
BESSIE SMITH
"Mean Old Bed Bug Blues"
Gals, bed bugs sure is evil, they don't mean me no good
Yeah, bed bug sure is evil, they don't mean me no good
Thinks he's a woodpecker and I'm a chunk of wood
When I lay down at night, I wonder how can a poor gal sleep
When I lay down at night, I wonder how can a poor gal sleep
When some is holding my hand, others eating my feet
Bed bug as big as a jackass1, will bite you and stand and grin
Bed bug as big as a jackass, will bite you and stand and grin
Will drink all the bed bur for them turn around and bite you again
Something moan in the corner, I went over and see
Something moan in the corner, I went over and see
It was the bed bug a prayin', Lord, gimme some more cheese
1927-28 (1996)
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- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
- There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- Trombone Cholly
- Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
- Them's Graveyard Words
- Hot Springs Blues
- Sweet Mistreater
- Lock And Key
- Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- Homeless Blues
- Looking For My Man Blues
- Dyin' By The Hour
- Foolish Man Blues
- Thinking Blues
- Pickpocket Blues
- I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama
- I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave
- Standin' In The Rain Blues
- It Won't Be You
- Spider Man Blues