Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues Lyrics - Singles - Ma Rainey

Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill 

Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill 

If one black cat don't cross me, another black cat will 

It's bad luck if I'm jolly, bad luck if I cry 

It's bad luck if I'm jolly, bad luck if I cry 

It's bad luck if I stay here, it's still more bad luck if I die 

Last night a hootin' owl came and sat right over my door 

Last night a hootin' owl came and sat right over my door 

A feelin' seems to tell me, I'll never see my man no more 

I feel my left eye jumpin', my heart a-bumpin' 

I'm on my P's and Q's 

I feel my brain a-thumpin', I got no time to lose 

Mama's superstitious, tryin' to overcome these blues