152. Lady Sings The Blues
Billie Holiday & Herbie Nichols
follows 4 version of this song
| rec date |
type |
# |
discography |
tk |
rec time |
| 1956 |
MT |
276 |
Complete on Verve v.7 |
4 |
3’44” |
Lady sings the blues
She’s got them bad
She feels so sad
And wants the world to know
Just what the blues is all about
Lady sings the blues
She tells her side
Nothing to hide
Now the world will now
Just what the blues is all about
The blues ain’t nothing but a pain in your heart
When you get a bad start
When you and your man have to part
I ain’t gonna just sit around and cry
I know I won’t die
‘Cause I love him
Lady sings the blues
I’m telling you
She’s got them bad
But now the world will know
She’s never gonna sing them no more
‘Cause the blues ain’t nothing but a pain in your heart
When you get a bad start
When you and your man have to part
Ain’t gonna just sit around and cry
I know I won’t die
‘Cause I love him
Lady sings the blues
I’m telling you
She’s got them bad
But now the world will know
She’s never gonna sing them no more
No more
2nd version
| rec date |
type |
# |
discography |
tk |
rec time |
| 1956 |
LR |
162 |
Complete on Verve v.8 |
2 |
2’38” |
Lady sings the blues
She’s got them bad
She feels so sad
Wants the world to know
Just what her blues is all about
Lady sings the blues
She tells her side
Nothing to hide
Now the world will now
Just what her blues is all about
The blues ain’t nothing but a pain in your heart
When you get a bad start
You and your man have to part
I ain’t gonna just sit around and cry
I know I won’t die
Because I love him
Lady sings the blues
She’s got them bad
She feels so sad
But now the world will know
She’s never gonna sing them no more
No more
(applauses)
3rd version
| rec date |
type |
# |
discography |
tk |
rec time |
| 1957 |
LR |
184 |
Complete on Verve v.10 |
8 |
3’00” |
Billie Introduces the song:
(… and now I’d like to try do a little tune for you, that I recorded for Norman Granz, Clef Records,
my tune’s title’s Lady Sings The Blue. Hope that you like it)
Lady sings the blues
She’s got them bad
She feels so sad
Wants the world to know
Just what her blues is all about
Lady sings the blues
She tells her side
Nothing to hide
Now the world will now
Just what her blues is all about
The blues ain’t nothing but a pain in your heart
When you get a bad start
You and your man have to part
But I ain’t gonna just sit around and cry
And I know I won’t die
‘Cause I love him
Lady sings the blues
She’s got them bad
She feels so sad
But now the world will know
She’s never gonna sing’em no more
No more
(applauses)
4th version
| rec date |
type |
# |
discography |
tk |
rec time |
| 1957 |
LR |
191 |
Billie Holiday At Stratford ’57 |
6 |
3’12” |
Billie introduces the next song:
(… now I’d like to try doing for you a little tune of mine, its title Lady Sings The Blues)
Lady sings the blues
She’s got them bad
She feels so sad
Wants the world to know
Just what her blues is all about
Lady sings the blues
She tells her side
Nothing to hide
Now the world will now
Just what her blues is all about
Blues ain’t nothing but a pain in your heart
When you get a bad start
You and your man have to part
But I ain’t gonna just sit around and cry
And I know I won’t die
‘Cause I love him
Lady sings the blues
She’s got them bad
She feels so sad
But now the world will know
She’s never gonna sing’em no more
No more
(applauses, fanfare lady be good)
