Red Mountain Blues - Original - Bessie Smith

Goin' around Red Mountain in the mornin'

Goin' around Red Mountain sure’s you born

And if you never, never no more see me again

Remember me when I’m gone

Now sit down and write a letter for me

And send it straight to the man I love

Just tell him, when you find him, I’ll be gone

A-roamin' the road above

Down in the valley, my head was hangin' low

My poor heart was achin', he’d hurt me so

Fortune teller told me what I had to do

Get myself some snake rue, sold right in the tube

Got myself some snake rue, ------ ------ too

Use them both together, I know what they will do

Took some in my pocket, put some in my booze

That don’t make him love me, I’ll saw right in the tube

Goin' around Red Mountain in a hurry

I’m goin' where I can change my mind

And if I can’t get rid of all my worries

Then I’ll be gone for a long long time