(Leaving This Morning)
Leaving This Morning
Performed by: Ma Rainey
Been reelin’ and rockin’
Drunk as I can be
Man I love tryin’ to make a fool of me
I’m leaving this morning
I’m leaving this morning
I’m leaving tryin’ to find a man of my own
When I get through drinkin’
From five gallon drums
Find my man, he better hitch up and run
‘Cause I’m leaving this morning
I’m leaving this morning
I’m going to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home
I’d give him all my money
Get him nice, I can
Got another woman
Wait ‘till I find my man
Lord, I leavin’ this morning
I’m leavin’ this morning
I’m leavin’
Tryin’ to find a man of my own
(Instrumental – 12 bars)
I went up 18th Street
Found out where the other women stayed
For my man of this size and weight
‘Cause I’m leaving this morning
Honey, I’m leaving this morning
I’m going to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home
I walked down the street
Didn’t have on no hat
Askin’ everybody I see
Where my dad’s at
I leavin’ this morning
Honey, I’m leavin’ this morning
I’m leavin’
Tryin’ to find a man of my own
Notes
Discs
- 1962-08-10 Coffee Gallery, San Francisco, CA (1962-08-10)
- Blow All My Blues Away (1962/70)
- San Francisco 1963 (1963)