Rocking Chair Blues
lyrics by 
Bessie Smith 
, music by 
Bessie Smith 
and 
Irving Johns 
recording of 
from , 
Did you ever wake up with sorrow all on your mind? 
Did you ever wake up with sorrow all on your mind? 
He plays the blues to his congregation, hear his trombone whine 
He'll make you love, he'll make you cry, he'll sit right down and moan 
He'll weep and moan till I hear him say 
Lord I wonder where my loving man is gone 
Easy rider 
, you see I'm going away, 
I won't be back until you change your ways 
I won't be back until you change your ways 
I'm going to the river carryin' a brand new rockin' chair 
I'm going to the river carryin' a brand new rockin' chair 
I'm gonna ask Mister Tadpole to move all his stuff from here 
Blues jumped a rabbit, run him for a solid mile 
Blues jumped a rabbit, run him for a solid mile 
The rabbit turned over and he cried like a natural