Sorrowful Blues
by 
J.C. Johnson 
Bessie Smith 
recording of 19 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy C2K-47091) 
If you catch me stealin', I don't mean no harm 
If you catch me stealin', I don't mean no harm 
It's a mark in my family and it must be carryin' on 
I got nineteen men and won't want more 
I got nineteen men and won't want more 
If I had one more I'd let that nineteen go 
It's hard to love another woman's man 
It's hard to love another woman's man 
You catch him when you want him, you got to catch him when you can 
Have you ever seen a peaches grow on sweet potato vine? 
Have you ever seen a peaches grow on sweet potato vine ? 
Just step in my backyard and take a peep at mine 
I'm gonna tell you, daddy, like Solomon 
told the Jew 
I'm gonna tell you, daddy, like Solomon told the Jew 
If you don't like-ee me, I sure don't like-ee you 
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Note 1: Solomon, Dorus Sturm suggests "China man" instead of Solomon.