Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind
by 
Bessie Smith 
recording of 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (Columbia/Legacy 52838) 
I've cried and worried, all night and I laid and groaned 
I've cried and worried, all night and I laid and groaned 
I used to weigh two hundred now I'm down to skin and bones 
It's all about a man who always kicked and dogged me 'round 
It's all about a man who always kicked and dogged me 'round 
And when I try to kill him that's when my love for him comes down 
I've come to see you gypsy, beggin' on my bended knees 
I've come to see you gypsy, beggin' on my bended knees 
That man's put something on me, oh take it off of me, please 
It starts at my forehead and goes clean down to my toes 
It starts at my forehead and goes clean down to my toes 
Oh, how I'm sufferin' gypsy, nobody by the good Lord knows 
Gypsy, don't hurt him, fix him for me one more time 
Oh, don't hurt him gypsy, fix him for me one more time 
Just make him love me, but, please mam, take him off my mind