Bessie Smith — Do Your Duty

If I call three times a day, baby Come and drive my blues away When you come be ready to play Do your duty! If you want to have some luck Give your baby your last buck Don't come quackin' like a duck Do your duty! I heard you say you didn't love me, baby Yesterday at Mrs. Brown's I don't believe a word she said She's the loudest woman in town, oh babe! When I need attention at home I'll just call you on the telephone Come yourself, don't send your friend Jones Do your duty! If my radiator gets too hot Cool it of in a lotsa spot Give me all the service you've got Do your duty! If you don't know what it's all about Don't stand around my house and pout Do you catch your mama kippin' out? Do your duty! As you make your own bad heart That's the way o' life! You bunk out, I'm sleepin' by myself You're too dumb to realize, oh babe! I'm not tryin' to make you feel blue I'm not satisfied with the way that you do I've got to help you find somebody to Do your duty!