NOTE ON COMMERCIAL THEATRE - 2

BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL -
AND SING ABOUT ME,
AND PUT ON PLAYS ABOUT ME!

I RECKON IT'LL BE me,
ME MYSELF!

YES, IT'LL BE ME.

THE WEARY BLUES

DRONING A DROWSY SYNCOPATED TUNE,
ROCKING BACK AND FORTH TO A MELLOW CROON,
I HEARD A NEGRO PLAY.

DOWN ON LENOX AVENUE THE OTHER NIGHT
BY THE PALE DULL PALLOR OF AN OLD GAS LIGHT
HE DID A LAZY SWAY.....

HE DID A LAZY SWAY.....

TO THE TUNE O' THOSE WEARY BLUES.

WITH HIS EBONY HANDS ON EACH IVORY KEY
HE MADE THAT POOR PIANO MOAN WITH MELODY.

O BLUES!

SWAYING TO AND FRO ON HIS RICKETY STOOL
HE PLAYED THAT SAD RAGGY TUNE LIKE A MUSICAL FOOL.

SWEET BLUES!

COMING FROM A BLACK MAN'S SOUL.

O BLUES!

IN A DEEP SONG VOICE WITH A MELANCHOLY TONE

I HEARD THAT NEGRO SING, THAT OLD PIANO MOAN --

THE WEARY BLUES -2

"AIN'T GOT NOBODY IN ALL THIS WORLD,
AIN'T GOT NOBODY BUT MA SELF.
I'S GWINE TO QUIT MA FROWNIN'
AND PUT MA TROUBLES ON THE SHELF."

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, WENT THIS FOOT ON THE FLOOR.

HE PLAYED A FEW CHORDS THEN HE SANG SOME MORE --

"I GOT THE WEARY BLUES
AND I CAN'T BE SATISFIED.
GOT THE WEARY BLUES
AND CAN'T BE SATISFIED --
I AIN'T HAPPY NO MO'
AND I WISH THAT I HAD DIED."

AND FAR INTO THE NIGHT HE CROONED THAT TUNE.

THE STARS WENT OUT AND SO DID THE MOON.

THE SINGER STOPPED PLAYING AND WENT TO BED,
WHILE THE WEARY BLUES ECHOED THROUGH HIS HEAD,
HE SLEPT LIKE A ROCK OR A MAN THAT'S DEAD.

BLUES AT DAWN

I DON'T DARE START THINKING IN THE MORNING.

IF I THOUGHT THOUGHTS IN BED,

THEM THOUGHTS WOULD BUST MY HEAD --

SO I DON'T DARE START THINKING IN THE MORNING.

I DON'T DARE REMEMBER IN THE MORNING
DON'T DARE REMEMBER IN THE MORNING.

BAD MAN - 2

I BEATS MA WIFE AN'
I BEATS MA SIDE GAL TOO.
BEATS MA WIFE AN'
BEATS MA SIDE GAL TOO.
DON'T KNOW WHY I DO IT BUT
IT KEEPS ME FROM FEELIN' BLUE.

I'M SO BAD I
DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE GOOD.
SO BAD, BAD, BAD I
DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE GOOD.
I'M GOIN' TO DE DEVIL AN'
I WOULDN'T GO TO HEABEN IF I COULD.

LIFE IS FINE

I WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER,
I SET DOWN ON THE BANK.
I TRIED TO THINK BUT COULDN'T,
SO I JUMPED IN AND SANK.
I CAME UP ONCE AND HOLLERED!
I CAME UP TWICE AND CRIED!
IF THAT WATER HADN'T A-BEEN SO COLD
I MIGHT'VE SUNK AND DIED.

BUT IT WAS COLD IN THAT WATER!

IT WAS COLD!

I TOOK THE ELEVATOR

SIXTEEN FLOORS ABOVE THE GROUND.

I THOUGHT ABOUT MY BABY

MYSTERY - 2

THE MYSTERY
AND THE DARKNESS
AND THE SONG
AND ME.

## TESTIMONIAL

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IF I JUST HAD A PIANO,
IF I JUST HAD A ORGAN,
IF I JUST HAD A DRUM,
HOW I COULD PRAISE MY LORD!

BUT I DON'T NEED NO PIANO,
NEITHER ORGAN
NOR DRUM --
DON'T NEED NONE--

DON'T NEED NONE OF THEM THINGS --
FOR TO PRAISE MY LORD!

## JUDGMENT DAY

THEY PUT MY BODY IN THE GROUND,
MY SOUL WENT FLYIN' O' THE TOWN.

LORD JESUS!

WENT FLYIN' TO THE STARS AN' MOON
A SHOUTIN' GOD, I'S COMIN' SOON.

O JESUS!