Midnight Blues
by Thompson / Williams 
recording of March 1923 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy C2K-47091) 
Daddy, daddy, please come back to me 
Daddy, daddy, please come back to me 
Your mama's lonesome as she can be 
You left me at midnight, clocks were striking twelve 
Left me at midnight, clocks were striking twelve 
To face this cruel world all by myself 
Woke up at midnight, sad and blue 
Missed my daddy from my side 
Left alone to bemoan my fate 
That's why I'm sighing, crying, I just can't refuse 
I feel so troubled, heartbroken, too 
Woe and misery I can't hide 
At twelve o'clock I unlock my hate 
I've got the meanest kind of lonesome midnight blues