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Artist: Bessie Smith
Canonical path: /bessie-smith/mean-old-bed-bug-blues
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Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
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Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
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Gals, bed bugs sure is evil, they don't mean me no good
Yeah, bed bug sure is evil, they don't mean me no good
Thinks he's a woodpecker and I'm a chunk of wood
When I lay down at night, I wonder how can a poor gal sleep
When I lay down at night, I wonder how can a poor gal sleep
When some is holding my hand, others eating my feet
Bed bug as big as a jackass
, will bite you and stand and grin
Bed bug as big as a jackass, will bite you and stand and grin
Will drink all the bed bur for them turn around and bite you again
Something moan in the corner, I went over and see
Something moan in the corner, I went over and see
It was the bed bug a prayin', Lord, gimme some more cheese
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Bessie Smith performs "Mean Old Bed Bug Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Bessie Smith catalog on LyroVerse.
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