Sheet Music, 1920-1929
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0300
Description
Cover: photograph of Van and Schenk; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
Original Format
scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
I've got the bluest blues, I'm just as blue as can be, Just got the awful news, My sweetie sweet has left me; I love her so, And now I know This awful blow, Will lay me low, Oh, Lordy Lord! what she did to me, I'm just as sad as can be.
Chorus
Wang, Wang Blues, She's gone and left me with the Wang, Wang Blues; and let me tell you Mister I never knew I'd be so blue until she went away; Wang, Wang, Blues, I've got the ever lasting Wang, Wang Blues, I'm only asking that my Sweet Sweetie will come back and chase away those Wang, Wang Blues. Believe me Wang, Wang Blues, She's gone and left me with the Wang, Wang Blues; and let me tell you Mister I never knew I'd be so blue until she went away; Wang, Wang, Blues, I've got the ever lasting Wang, Wang Blues, I'm only asking that my Sweet Sweetie will come back and chase away those Wang, Wang Blues. Wang Wang!
Patter
Blues is blues I've found out it's true, I hope those blues will never get you, And if you see them coming shake in your shoes because the Wang Wang blues are awful to lose. I ought to know because I've got em so bad And while I've got em I will never feel glad, I've had all kinds of blues but this much I'll say; The Wang Wang blues will surely turn your hair gray.
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