Four Day Honory Scat Take 1 by Ma Rainey Lyrics

[Verse]
Gentlemen, I feel so blue
I don't know what to do
My man left me this mornin'
As the clock was strikin' 2:00
He got up and packed his grip
Said he'd be gone a long, long time
I went to the fortune teller to find my man
Because he laid heavy on my mind

[Chorus]
He said "Your man has caught that 'fore day scat
And left here tippin' like a Maltese cat
Poor girl, I know your man has done you wrong
Hit high timber, now is long, long gone"
He left here ridin' that Cannonball
He was so handsome and so long and tall
I want all you women to spread the news
Want you to tell it to who you choose
My man left me with those 'fore day honry blues
Honry blues
[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
He said "Your man has caught that 'fore day scat
And left here tippin' like a Maltese cat
Poor girl, I know your man has done you wrong
Hit high timber, now is long, long gone"
He left here ridin' that Cannonball
He was so handsome and so long and tall
Want all you women to spread the news
Want y'all to tell it to who you choose
My man left me with those 'fore day honry blues
Honry blues