Hard Lovin' Blues - Louis Jordan, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Good mornin', blues,

Blues, how do you do?

Eh, good mornin', blues,

Blues, how do you do?

I would like to have

Just a few words with you.

Yeah, I woke up this mornin'

With an awful achin' head,

Yes, early this mornin'

With an awful achin' head,

Now my man has left me

A room with an empty bed.

Ain’t it hard

Lovin' another woman’s man,

Yes, it’s so hard

Lovin' another woman’s man,

You can’t get him when you want him;

You’ve got to catch him when you can,

It takes a good, smart woman these days,

Takes a good, smart woman these days,

Yes, to hold her man

When these gals has got so many different ways;

I’m gonna watch my man,

Don’t care what these other gals say.

Lord, lord, lord, lord, lord, oh, lord,

Hmmm, lord, lord!

Say, these men in Harlem

Treat poor me like I was a dog.