Transcribed from Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys, recorded June 11,
1931.
From Blanche
Calloway and Her Joy Boys, 1925-1935; The Chronogical Classics 783.
Trying to keep back my tears,
When the daylight disappears,
Night brings no escape, it seems,
Sleep keeps taunting me with dreams.
I awake each dawn,
To find you are gone.
When I can't be with you, I'm so
alone,
When I can't be with you, all day I moan;
Where, oh, where, can you be?
Hear my prayer, come back to me!
When I can't be with you, the world goes wrong,
When I can't be with you, nights are long;
No matter what I do, I feel so blue,
Dear, when I can't be with you.
When I can't be with you, the world goes wrong,
When I can't be with you, nights are long;
No matter what I do, I feel so blue,
Dear, when I can't be with you.
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