Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Canonical path: /louis-armstrong/hesitating-blues
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Hesitating Blues
Read Hesitating Blues lyrics by Louis Armstrong on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hesitating Blues
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Hello Central
What's the matter with this line?
I wanna talk to that high brown of mine
Tell me how long
Will I have to wait
Please give me two ninety-eight
Why do you hesitate?
Oh, what you say
Can't talk to my brown
A storm last night blowed the wires all down
Now, tell me how long
Will I have to wait
Oh, won't you tell me now
Why do you hesitate?
Say, Sunday night
My beau proposed to me
Said he'd be happy if his wife I be
Said he: how long
Baby, will I have to wait?
Come be my wife, my Kate
Why do you hesitate?
Say, I declined him
It was just for a stall
He left that night on the cannonball
Honey, oh honey, how long
Will I have to wait?
Oh, won't you tell me now
Baby, why do you hesitate?
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Louis Armstrong performs "Hesitating Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Louis Armstrong catalog on LyroVerse.
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