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Artist: Bessie Smith
Canonical path: /bessie-smith/shipwreck-blues
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Shipwreck Blues
Read Shipwreck Blues lyrics by Bessie Smith on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shipwreck Blues
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Captain, tell your men to get on board
Hoist your sail, just pull into another shore
I'm dreary in mind and I'm so worried in heart
Oh the best of friends sho' has got to part
Blow your whistle captain, so your men'll know what to do
Blow your whistle captain, so your men'll know what to do
When a woman gets dreary ain't no tellin' what she won't do
It's cloudy outdoors as can be
Oh it's cloudy as can be
That's the time I need my good man with me
It's rainin' and it's stormin' on the sea
It's rainin', it's stormin' on the sea
I feel like somebody has shipwrecked poor me
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Bessie Smith performs "Shipwreck Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Bessie Smith catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Beale Street Mama and A Good Man Is Hard To Find with a short reason for opening each page next.
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