Decoration Day Blues Lyrics

Peoples, I had a woman
She was nice and kind in every way
Peoples, I had a woman
She was nice and kind in every way
Lord, she died, she loved me
I sang the blues on every Decoration Day

Lord, I was standing ′round my baby's bedside
When my Lord taken my baby away
Lord, I was standing ′round my baby's bedside
When my Lord taken my baby away
Well, well, well, when it was so doggone bad
Lord, I hung my head and cried
Yeah, so sorry

She said, "Daddy, please don't worry
′Cause everybody′s got to go

Daddy, please don't worry
′Cause everybody's got to go"
Well, well, well, well, Lord, the best woman
God knows I ever had

All day Thursday
I just hung my head and cried
Yeah, it was a sad day for me, so sad that day
So sad that Thursday
When my Lord taken my baby
Well, well, well, I need my baby
Some old lonesome day