A song hit from 1931
Words and music by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Albany Bigard
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
You ain’t been blue, no, no, no
You ain’t been blue
Till you’ve had that mood indigo
That feelin’ goes stealin’ down to my shoes
While I sit and sigh, “Go ‘long blues”
Refrain
Always get that mood indigo
Since my baby said goodbye
In the evenin’ when lights are low
I’m so lonesome I could cry
‘Cause there’s nobody who cares about me
I’m just a soul who’s bluer than blue can be
When I get that mood indigo
I could lay me down and die
You ain’t been blue, no, no, no
You ain’t been blue
Till you’ve had that mood indigo
That feelin’ goes stealin’ down to my shoes
While I sit and sigh, “Go ‘long blues”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: