St. Louis Blues
Song Information
Song Title
St. Louis Blues
Song Origin
Cover
Written By
W. C. Handy
Song Stats
Shortest Version
04:47 (2023-11-02)
Longest Version
05:40 (2023-10-24)
Total Times Played
4
Longest Gap
2023-09-0816 2023-10-18
Longest Streak
Song Charts
Shows with St. Louis Blues
  • Old Rock House - St. Louis, Missouri 2023-11-02
    Set One
    Hi-Country, Fourteen Carat Mind, Better Deal Blues, Gotta Get Southbound, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, St. Louis Blues 1, Big Iron > , Cantina Band
    Set Two
    Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Why You Been Gone So Long, Cigar Time, Sugar Shack 2, Chore 3, Can I Change My Mind 4, Lose Your Mind, Down Bedford
  • Asbury Hall At Babeville - Buffalo, New York 2023-10-24
    Set One
    Justice > , Jessica, Hi-Country, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Rose In A Garden, St. Louis Blues 1, Workin' Man Blues, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel
    Set Two
    Dance In The Desert, Better Deal Blues, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Ten Feet Of Rope > 2, Double Exposure 3, Chore 3
  • The State Theatre - State College, Pennsylvania 2023-10-18
    Set One
    Half Moon Night, 'Til The Daylight, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, St. Louis Blues 1, Subterranean Homesick Blues 2, Rose In A Garden, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence)
    Set Two
    Why You Been Gone So Long, Cigar Time, Down Bedford, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Hi-Country, Chore 3, Faded Lovin', Hard To Tell
    Encore
    Barbara Ann (FTP) 4
  • The Loud - Huntington, West Virginia 2023-09-08 1
    Set One
    Fourteen Carat Mind, Forgotten Days > , Valhalla, Hi-Country, Gotta Get Southbound > , Freedom Jazz Dance, St. Louis Blues 2, Rose In A Garden, Subterranean Homesick Blues (FTP) 3, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel (FTP) , UU. (FTP) 4
    Set Two
    Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 5, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Ten Feet Of Rope > 4, Double Exposure 5, Lose Your Mind
    Encore
    Down Bedford 6
Lyrics

I hate's to see dat ev'nin' sun go down

Hate's to see dat ev'nin' sun go down

Cause ma baby, she done lef' dis town

If I feel tomorrow lak ah feel today

Feel tomorrow lak ah feel today

I'll pack up my trunk, and make ma git away


Saint Louis woman wid her diamon' rings

Pulls dat man 'roun' by her apron strings

'Twern't for powder an' her store-bought hair

De man she love wouldn't gone nowhere, nowhere


Got dem Saint Louis Blues I'm as blue as ah can be

Like a man done throwed that rock down into de sea

Got dem Saint Louis Blues I'm as blue as ah can be


Went to de gypsy get her fortune tole

To de gypsy, done got her fortune tole

Cause she most wile 'bout her Jelly Roll

Now dat gypsy tole her, "Don't you wear no black"

She done tole her, "Don't you wear no black

Go to Saint Louis, you can win him back"


If she git toCairo, make Saint Louis by herself

Git to Cairo, find her old friend Jeff

gwine to pin herself, right there, to his side If she flag his train, she sho' can ride


And she sang


Got dem Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be

Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast into de sea

Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me

Doggone it!

I loves day man lak a schoolboy loves his pie

Lak a Kentucky Col'nel loves his mint an' rye

I'll love ma baby till the day ah die


Now a black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track

Said a black-headed gal makes a freight train jump the track

But a long tall gal makes a preacher ball the jack


Lawd, a blonde-headed woman make a good man leave the town

I said a blonde-headed woman make a good man leave the town

But a red-headed woman make a boy slap his pappy down