How Long Blues

Note: hyphen=unsung word

How long

Baby, how long

That ev'nin' train been gone?

So long, honey, so long

I got to the station

When she left town

I'm blue an disgusted

I didn't know where to be bound

Howlin', how long

Baby, how long

Honey, how -

How long, baby

That ev'nin' train been gone?

But so long

Baby, so long

Honey, so long

How long

Baby, how -

Am I to be

Treated wrong?

But in so long

Honey, so long

Honey, so -

(piano)

How long

Baby, how -

Why must I keep my

Watch in pawn?

But so long

Baby, so long

Honey, so -

How long

Baby, how -

How long, to sing this -

But honey

Honey, so long

And baby, so -

(piano to end)

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