Hard Road Blues

by Blind Arthur Blake recording of 1927, Chicago, Illinois from Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1926-1927) (Document DOCD 5024-50) Keep on walkin' and walkin', talkin' to myself Keep on walkin' and walkin', talkin' to myself Gal I love's with somebody else I got the hard road blues, walkin' on down the line I got the hard road blues, walkin' on down the line Maybe some day my gal will change her mind It's a hard, hard road when your baby done throwed you down It's a hard, hard road when your baby done throwed you down Goin' keep on walkin' from town to town I'm goin' find my baby, don't think she can be found I'm goin' find my baby, don't think she can be found Goin' walk this hard road till my moustache drag the ground

 

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