Bessie Smith Songtexte
Backwater Blues Washwoman's Blues Work House Blues Baby Won't You Please Come Home Empty Bed Blues, Parts 1 & 2

1. Downhearted Blues
2. ’Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
3. My Sweetie Went Away
4. Weepin’ Willow Blues
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Reckless Blues
7. You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon
8. I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
9. Young Woman’s Blues (von Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys)
10. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
11. Mean Old Bedbug Blues
12. Empty Bed Blues, Parts 1 & 2
13. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
14. Black Mountain Blues
15. Do Your Duty
16. Gimme a Pigfoot

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1

1. Down Hearted Blues
2. Gulf Coast Blues
3. Aggravatin’ Papa
4. Beale Street Mama
5. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
6. Oh Daddy Blues (You Won’t Have No Mama at All)
7. Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
8. Keeps on A‐Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)
9. Mama’s Got the Blues
10. Outside Of That
11. Bleeding Hearted Blues
12. Lady Luck Blues
13. Yodling Blues
14. Midnight Blues
15. If You Don’t, I Know Who Will
16. Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
17. Jail House Blues
18. St. Louis Gal
19. Sam Jones Blues

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1

1. Graveyard Dream Blues
2. Cemetery Blues
3. Far Away Blues
4. I’m Going Back to My Used to Be
5. Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
6. My Sweetie Went Away
7. Any Woman’s Blues
8. Chicago Bound Blues
9. Mistreating Daddy
10. Frosty Morning Blues
11. Haunted House Blues
12. Eavesdropper’s Blues
13. Easy Come Easy Go Blues
14. Sorrowful Blues
15. Pinchbacks – Take ’em Away
16. Rocking Chair Blues
17. Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
18. Boweavil Blues
19. Hateful Blues

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2

1. Frankie Blues
2. Moonshine Blues
3. Lou’siana Low‐Down Blues
4. Mountain Top Blues
5. Work House Blues
6. House Rent Blues
7. Salt Water Blues
8. Rainy Weather Blues
9. Weeping Willow Blues
10. The Bye Bye Blues
11. Sing Sing Prison Blues
12. Follow the Deal on Down
13. Sinful Blues
14. Woman’s Trouble Blues
15. Love Me Daddy Blues
16. Dying Gambler’s Blues
17. St. Louis Blues
18. Reckless Blues
19. Sobbin’ Hearted Blues

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2

1. Cold in Hand Blues
2. You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon
3. Cake Walking Babies (From Home)
4. The Yellow Dog Blues
5. Soft Pedal Blues
6. Dixie Flyer Blues
7. Nashville Woman’s Blues
8. Careless Love
9. J.C. Holmes Blues
10. I Ain’t Goin’ to Play No Second Fiddle
11. He’s Gone Blues
12. Nobody’s Blues but Mine
13. I Ain’t Got Nobody
14. My Man Blues
15. New Gulf Coast Blues
16. Florida Bound Blues
17. At the Christmas Ball
18. I’ve Been Mistreated and I Don’t Like It

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3

1. Red Mountain Blues
2. Golden Rule Blues
3. Lonesome Desert Blues
4. Them “Has Been” Blues
5. Squeeze Me
6. What’s the Matter Now?
7. I Want Every Bit of It
8. Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
9. The Gin House Blues
10. Money Blues
11. Baby Doll
12. Hard Driving Papa
13. Lost Your Head Blues
14. Hard Time Blues
15. Honey Man Blues
16. One And Two Blues
17. Young Woman’s Blues
18. Preachin’ the Blues
19. Back Water Blues
20. After You’ve Gone
21. Alexander’s Ragtime Band

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3

1. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
2. There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
3. Trombone Cholly
4. Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
5. Them’s Graveyard Words
6. Hot Springs Blues
7. Sweet Mistreater
8. Lock and Key
9. Mean Old Bedbug Blues
10. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
11. Homeless Blues
12. Looking for My Man Blues
13. Dyin’ By the Hour
14. Foolish Man Blues
15. Thinking Blues
16. Pickpocket Blues
17. I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
18. I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4

1. Standin’ in the Rain Blues
2. It Won’t Be You
3. Spider Man Blues
4. Empty Red Blues, Part 1
5. Empty Bed Blues, Part 2
6. Put It Right Here (or Keep It Out There)
7. Yes Indeed He Do!
8. Devil’s Gonna Get You
9. You Ought to Be Ashamed
10. Washwoman’s Blues
11. Slow And Easy Man
12. Poor Man’s Blues
13. Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind
14. Me and My Gin
15. I’m Wild About That Thing
16. You’ve Got to Give Me Some
17. Kitchen Man
18. I’ve Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
19. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
20. Take It Right Back (’Cause I Don’t Want It Here)

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4

1. He’s Got Me Goin’
2. It Makes My Love Come Down
3. Wasted Life Blues
4. Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues
5. Blue Spirit Blues
6. Worn Out Papa Blues
7. You Don’t Understand
8. Don’t Cry Baby
9. Keep It To Yourself
10. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
11. See If I’ll Care
12. Baby Have Pity on Me
13. On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
14. Moan, You Moaners
15. Hustlin’ Dan
16. Black Mountain Blues
17. In the House Blues
18. Long Old Road
19. Blues Blues
20. Shipwreck Blues

The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 (The Final Chapter)

1. Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
2. Safety Mama
3. Do Your Duty
4. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
5. Take Me for a Buggy Ride
6. I’m Down in the Dumps
7. The Yellow Dog Blues (alternate take)
8. Soft Pedal Blues (alternate take)
9. Nashville Woman’s Blues (album version)
10. Careless Love Blues (alternate take)
11. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) (album version)
12. St. Louis Blues Soundtrack: Band Intro / Crap Game / St. Louis Blues

Ruby Smith Dialogue / An Interview With Chris Albertson

1. Bessie Disappears
2. Waldorf‐Astoria Party
3. Bessie & Jack, Part 1
4. Bessie & Jack, Part 2
5. Life on the Road, Part 1
6. Life on the Road, Part 2
7. Life on the Road, Part 3

1. Down Hearted Blues
2. Gulf Coast Blues
3. Aggravatin' Papa (von Bessie Smith & Her Down Home Trio)
4. Beale Street Mama
5. Baby Won't You Please Come Home Blues
6. Oh Daddy Blues
7. 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
8. Keeps On A Rainin'
9. Mama's Got The Blues
10. Outside Of That
11. Bleeding Hearted Blues
12. Lady Luck Blues (Test)
13. Lady Luck Blues
14. Yodling Blues (Test)
15. Yodling Blues
16. Midnight Blues (Test)
17. Midnight Blues
18. If You Don't I Know Who Will
19. Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
20. Jail-House Blues
21. St. Louis Gal (Test)
22. St. Louis Gal
23. Sam Jones Blues

1. Down Hearted Blues
2. Gulf Coast Blues
3. Aggravatin' Papa (von Bessie Smith & Her Down Home Trio)
4. Beale Street Mama
5. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
6. Oh Daddy Blues
7. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
8. Keeps on A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time)
9. Mama's Got the Blues
10. Outside of That
11. Bleeding Hearted Blues
12. Lady Luck Blues
13. Yodling Blues
14. Midnight Blues
15. If You Don't, I Know Who Will
16. Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
17. Jail-House Blues
18. St. Louis Gal
19. Sam Jones Blues

1. Graveyard Dream Blues
2. Cemetery Blues
3. Far Away Blues (von Bessie Smith and Clara Smith)
4. I'm Going Back to My Used to Be (von Bessie Smith and Clara Smith)
5. Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
6. My Sweetie Went Away
7. Any Woman's Blues
8. Chicago Bound Blues
9. Mistreating Daddy
10. Frosty Morning Blues
11. Haunted House Blues
12. Eavesdropper's Blues
13. Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
14. Sorrowful Blues
15. Pinchbacks - Take 'em Away
16. Rocking Chair Blues
17. Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
18. Boweavil Blues
19. Hateful Blues