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[00:00:33] I hate to see de ev'nin' sun go down,

[00:00:40] Hate to see de ev'nin' sun go down

[00:00:46] Cause ma baby, he done lef' dis town.

[00:00:52] Feelin' tomorrow lak ah feel today,

[00:00:58] Feel tomorrow lak ah feel today,

[00:01:05] I'll pack my trunk, make ma git away.

[00:01:10] Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings

[00:01:16] Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings.

[00:01:22] 'Twant for powder an' for store-bought hair,

[00:01:29] De man ah love would not gone nowhere, nowhere.

[00:01:35] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:01:41] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:01:47] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:01:51] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:02:10] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:02:14] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:02:17] Been to de gypsy to get ma fortune tole,

[00:02:19] To de gypsy, done got ma fortune tole,

[00:02:21] Cause I'm most wile 'bout ma Jelly Roll.

[00:02:24] Gypsy done tole me, "Don't you wear no black."

[00:02:27] Yes, she done told me, "Don't you wear no black.

[00:02:30] Go to Saint Louis, you can win him back."

[00:02:32] Help me to Cairo, make Saint Louis by maself,

[00:02:34] Git to Cairo, find ma old friend Jeff,

[00:02:35] Gwine to pin maself close to his side;

[00:02:36] If ah flag his train, I sho' can ride.

[00:02:37] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:02:42] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:02:48] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:02:52] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:02:54] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:02:55] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:02:56] You ought to see dat stovepipe brown of mine,

[00:02:57] Lak he owns de Dimon' Joseph line,

[00:02:58] He'd make a cross-eyed o'man go stone blin'.

[00:02:59] Blacker than midnight, teeth lak flags of truce,

[00:03:00] Blackest man in de whole of Saint Louis,

[00:03:02] Blacker de berry, sweeter am de juice.

[00:03:03] About a crap game, he knows a pow'ful lot,

[00:03:06] But when worktime comes, he's on de dot.

[00:03:07] Gwine to ask him for a cold ten-spot,

[00:03:08] What it takes to git it, he's cert'nly got.

[00:03:09] Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.

[00:03:11] Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea.

[00:03:12] Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

[00:03:13] I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie,

[00:03:15] Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye.

[00:03:16] I'll love ma baby till the day ah die.

[00:03:18] Extra choruses:

[00:03:19] A black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track, said a black-headed

[00:03:20] Gal makes a freight train jump the track,

[00:03:22] But a long tall gal makes a preacher ball the jack.

[00:03:24] Lawd, a blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town, I said

[00:03:26] Blonde-headed woman makes a good man leave the town,

[00:03:28] But a red-headed woman makes a boy slap his papa down.

[00:03:30] Oh, ashes to ashes and dust to dust, I said ashes to ashes and dust to dust,

[00:03:34] If my blues don't get you, my jazzing must.