a popular song from the year 1918
words and music by Eddie Green
This song is included in the Dover book “35 Song Hits by Great Black Songwriters”. The sheet music seen here is from the Templeton collection at Mississippi State.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
- My heart’s sad and I am all forlorn
My man’s treating me mean
I regret the day that I was born
And that man of mine I’ve ever seen
My happiness it never lasts a day
My heart is almost breaking while I say
Chorus
A good man is hard to find
You always get the other kind
Just when you think that he is your pal
You look for him and find him
Foolin’ ’round some other gal
Then you rave, you even crave
To see him laying in his grave
So, if your man is nice, take my advice
And hug him in the morning, kiss him every night
Give him plenty lovin’, treat him right
For a good man now-a-days is hard to find
- Yesterday my heart from care was free
I sang all through the day
Now the Blues have overtaken me
Since my lovin’ man has gone away
I tried my best to treat him nice and kind
But now these words are running thro’ my mind
Sung here by Fred Feild: