Dirty No-Gooder Blues - Bessie Smith, James P. Johnson

Did you ever fall in love with a man that was no good?

Did you ever fall in love with a man that was no good?

No matter what you did for him, he never understood

The meanest thing he could say would thrill you through and through

The meanest thing he could say would thrill you through and through

And there wasn’t nothin' too dirty for that man to do

He’d treat you nice and kind till he win your heart and hand

He’d treat you nice and kind till he win your heart and hand

Then he git so cruel that man, you just could not stand

Lawd, I really don’t think no man’s love can last

Lawd, I don’t think no man’s love can last

They’ll love you to death then treat you like a thing of the past

There’s nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood

There’s nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood

Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain’t no doggone good

Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd

Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd

That dirty no-good man treats me just like I’m a dog