Original Oklahoma Blues

A popular song from 1920
Words and music by Willard Robison


The sheet music:


Lyrics

  1. Say, folks, I got the Oklahoma
    I said I got the, I mean the Blues
    Oh! Lord, I’ve got the Oklahoma Blues
    And when I sleep I don’t take off my shoes
    ‘Cause my best girl done went and packed her
    I said she packed her, I mean her clothes
    Oh! my sweet baby went and packed her clothes
    Gone to Oklahoma ‘erwhere the crude oil flows

Chorus
I’ll catch a rattler, oh! I mean a train
If I don’t find her I’m going insane
She is the onlyest girl that I choose
To cure my Oklahoma Blues

  1. If Oklahoma oil was turned to
    I said was turned to, I mean to Beer
    If Oklahoma oil was turned to Beer
    I would have them run a pipe line right up here
    Oh! honey baby Daddy surely, I said I surely
    I mean love you, oh! honey baby
    Daddy sure loves you
    And I don’t care what my sweet baby do

Chorus
Whenever I hear the phone in the hall
I hope that it is a long distance call
My pure dee baby please send me some news
And cure my Oklahoma Blues