Got The Blues, I Can’t Be Satisfied

(Mississippi John Hurt)
1928

I got the blues, I can’t be satisfied (2x)
You can keep those blues, gonna catch that train and ride.

Well, whisky straight can drive the blues away,
That being the case, I’ll take a quart today.

I bought my gal a great big diamond ring,
Come right back home and caught her shakin’ that thing.

I said, “Baby, what make you treat me this-a-way?”
“Tell me honey, what make you treat me this-a-way?”
She says, “you wouldn’t miss the things I give away.

I got my gun and I broke the barrel down,
I shot my baby, put her six feet under the ground.
I cut that joker so long deep and wide,

I got the blues, I’m still not satisfied.
I got the blues I can’t be satisfied.
You can keep those blues, gonna catch the train and ride.