Young Woman's Blues
by 
Bessie Smith 
recording of 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 (Columbia/Legacy C2K-47474) 
Woke up this mornin' when chickens was crowin' for day 
Felt on the right side of my pilla', my man gad gone away 
By this pilla' he left a note readin', "I'm sorry, Jane, you got my goat 
No time to marry, no time to settle down" 
I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round 
I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round 
Some people call me a 
hobo 
, some call me a bum 
Nobody knows my name, nobody knows what I've done 
I'm as good as any woman in your town 
I ain't no 
high yeller 
, I'm a deep killer of brown 
I ain't gonna marry, ain't gonna settle down 
I'm gonna drink good 
moonshine 
and rub these browns down 
See that long lonesome road 
Lawd, you know it's gotta and I'm a good woman and I can get plenty men