Gulf Coast Blues Lyrics - Bessie Smith

I've been blue all day, my man's gone away 

He has left his mama cold for another gal I'm told 

I tried to treat him kind, I thought he would be mine 

That man I hate to lose, that's why mama's got the blues 

The man I love he has done left this town 

The man I love he has done left this town 

And if it keeps on snowing, I will be Gulf Coast bound 

The mail man passed but he didn't leave no news 

The mail man passed but he didn't leave no news 

I'll tell the world he left me with those Gulf Coast blues 

Some of you men sure do make me tired 

Some of you men sure do make me tired 

You've got a mouthful of "gimme", a handful of "much oblige"