Ida Cox's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
by 
Ida Cox 
recording of July 1923 
from 
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923) (Document 5322) 
Tell me pretty daddy, what's the matter now 
Tell me pretty daddy, what's the matter now 
Aw, you're trying to quit me and you don't know how 
I'd rather be dead, buried in the sea 
I'd rather be dead, buried in the sea 
Than have the man I love say he don't want me 
Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd 
Lawd, Lawd, Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawd 
Oh, the man I love treats me like a dog 
I'd rather see my coffin come rolling in my door 
I'd rather see my coffin come rolling in my door 
Than hear the man I love say. "I don't want you no more"