A popular song from 1925
Words by W. Earthman Farrell
Music by Arthur Sizemore
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When a man is broke, when a man is broke
Believe me folks, it ain’t no joke
When a man is broke
Believe me folks, it ain’t no joke
Just like Humpty Dumpty, he stays broke
If you’ve got a thirst, if you’ve got a thirst
Puffin’ dust with every breath
If you’ve got a thirst
Puffin’ dust with every breath
Hunt a river, drink yourself to death
Chorus
I’ve got the down and out blues
Doggonedest Blues
Sure have got the best of me, lately
There ain’t no doctor can find a remedy
I said the down and out blues
What can I use?
Certainly got me up a tree, greatly
There ain’t no druggist can end my misery
Now I ain’t got nothin much
Shoesies or such, hosiery, hats or clothes
And there ain’t nobody cares
Nobody shares none of my worries or woes
I dream of steam-heated flats
Welcome door mats
And a sweetie I can’t lose, never
But when I wake up
I’ve got the down and out blues
- If your shoes are thin, if your shoes are thin
Every step gives you a pain
If your shoes are thin
Every step gives you a pain
When they’re gone you’re on your feet again
When a man is blue, when a man is blue
Lays down on a railroad track
When a man is blue
Lays down on a railroad track
Nice girl passes, pulls his head right back