T.B. Blues
Jimmy Rogers - Gene Autry

My good gal is trying to make a fool out o' me (2)
Trying to make me believe I ain't got that old TB
I've got the TB* blues

When it rained down sorrow, it rained all over me (2)
'Cause my body rattles like a train on that old SP**
I've got the TB blues

I've got that old TB, I can't eat a bite(2)
Got me worried so, I can't eat a bite***
I've got the TB blues

I've been fighting like a lion, looks like I'm goin' to lose (2)
'Cause  ain't nobody ever whipped the TB blues
I've got the TB blues

Gee, but the graveyard is a lonesome place
Lord, that old graveyard is a lonesome place
They put you on your back, throw that mud down in your face
I've got the TB blues

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* tuberculosis,
** Southern Pacific (railroad line),
*** to feel so crumby, lousy, that you just don't even feel like eating - Southern USA slang (Thanks to Judy Forrest and Steve, USA, for the comments)


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