I Ain't Got Nobody

I Ain't Got Nobody  (1915)  by Spencer Williams (music) and Roger Graham (lyrics)

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[Verse]

There's a saying going 'round,

And I begin to think it's true;

It's awful hard to love someone,

When they don't care 'bout you;

Once I had a lovin' man,

As good as any in this town,

But now I'm sad and lonely,

For he's gone and turned me down:

[Chorus]

I ain't got nobody,

And nobody cares for me;

(I got the blues)

(The weary blues)

And I'm sad and lonely,

Won't somebody come and take a chance with me?

I'll sing sweet love songs, honey, all the time,

If you'll come and be my sweet baby mine;

Cause I ain't got nobody,

And nobody cares for me.

[Verse]

Won't somebody go and find,

My man and bring him back to me;

It's awful hard to be alone,

And without sympathy;

Once I was a lovin' gal,

As good as any in this town,

But since my daddy left me,

I'm a gal with heart bowed-down:

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