Sam Jones Blues
by Bernard / Robinson / 
Roy Turk 
recording of September 24, 1923 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy C2K-47091) 
(Spoken: 
Who's that knockin' on that door 
Jones? 
You better get away from that door 
I don't know nobody named Jones 
You're in the right church, brother, but the wrong pew 
Sam Jones left his lawful wife, just to step around 
Came back home, 'bout a year 
Took it for his high brown 
Went to his accustomed shore 
And he knocked his knuckles sore 
His wife she came, but to his shame 
She knew his face no more 
Sam said, "I'm your husband, dear" 
But she said, "Dear, that's strange to hear" 
You ain't talkin' to Mrs. Jones 
You speakin' to Miss Wilson now 
I used to be your lawful mate 
But the judge done changed my fate 
Was a time you could-a' walked right in 
And call this place your home sweet home 
But now it's all mine, for all time 
I'm free and livin' all alone 
Don't need your clothes, don't need your rent 
Don't need your ones and twos 
Though I ain't rich, I know my stitch 
I earned my 
strutting 
shoes 
Say, hand me the key that unlocks my front door 
Because that bell don't read Sam Jones no more, no 
You ain't talkin' to Mrs. Jones 
You speakin' to Miss Wilson now 
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Note 1: pew, a compartment in the auditorium of a church providing seats for several persons. Also, one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors fixed in rows in a church.