Jazzin' Babies Blues - Original - Ethel Waters

I’m really lonely

For those jazz blues only

Since I heard those jazzin' babies play them;

Each time I hear them, Lordy, how I weep and moan

To hear that old slide trombone

And that moanin' saxaphone!

I feel like weeping

When I hear those jazz musician babies play;

they harmonize together;

I’d rather hear them than to have a million dollars in my hand

Jazz baby blues say something that you can understand

Those jazzin' blues are driving me insane

There’s nothin' to them but that blue refrain;

Don’t want no sugar in my tea

Jazz baby blues are sweet enough for me

For when the band starts jazzin'

People’s feet are on a spree

Each time I hear those blues I want to scream

To hear the clarinet and that violin

Just let that piano man jazz and strum

Oh, it makes me think of the good things that my sweet daddy’s done

'Cause when the band starts jazzin'

Play 'em 'til the stock man comes

Now, wouldn’t that good music drive you insane

There’s nothing to them but that blue refrain

When that cornetist’s blues begins to play

Oh, it makes me get up and throw my little self away

Just play those good old jazzin' baby blues all night and day