Brown's Ferry Blues
Delmore Brother’s
Bluebird 1935
original key <Fsharp>
Hard luck papa can’t stand his ground
Was a good pap but he’s done gone down
Lord, lord got them Brown Ferry Blues
Hard luck
papa standing in the rain
If the world was corn he couldn't buy grain
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Two old
maids a-sitting in the sand
Each one wishing that the other was a man
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Two old maids done lost their style
If you want to be lucky you got to smile
Lord Lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.
Hard luck
poppa counting his toes
You can smell his feet wherever he goes
Lord Lord. got those Brown's Ferry Blues
Hard luck poppa can't do his stuff
Trouble with him he's been too rough
Lord, lord got those Brown's Ferry Blues.
Early to bed & early to rise
& your girl goes out with other guys
Lord, lord got them Brown Ferry blues
If you don’t believe try it yourself
I tried it and I got left
Lord, lord, got them Brown Ferry’s blues
I got a girl in Cumberland Gap
She got a boy calls me pap
Lord, lord, got them Brown Ferry’s blues
I don’t smoke and I don’t chew
I don’t go with the girls that do
Lord, lord got them Brown Ferry’s blues
Both sides recorded 22 January 1935 in New Orleans, LA.