Ma Rainey — Four Day Honory Scat Take 1

[Verse] Gentlemen, I feel so blue I don't know what to do My man left me this mornin' As the clock was strikin' 2:00 He got up and packed his grip Said he'd be gone a long, long time I went to the fortune teller to find my man Because he laid heavy on my mind [Chorus] He said "Your man has caught that 'fore day scat And left here tippin' like a Maltese cat Poor girl, I know your man has done you wrong Hit high timber, now is long, long gone" He left here ridin' that Cannonball He was so handsome and so long and tall I want all you women to spread the news Want you to tell it to who you choose My man left me with those 'fore day honry blues Honry blues [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] He said "Your man has caught that 'fore day scat And left here tippin' like a Maltese cat Poor girl, I know your man has done you wrong Hit high timber, now is long, long gone" He left here ridin' that Cannonball He was so handsome and so long and tall Want all you women to spread the news Want y'all to tell it to who you choose My man left me with those 'fore day honry blues Honry blues