[Dixielandjazz] Dallas Blues lyrics

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> The 1st line lyrics (chorus) to Dallas Blues that I've heard and can
> find are "I've Got the Dallas Blues and the Main Street heart
> disease".
>
> A few local musician says he's heard recordings that give the line
> as "I've Got the Dallas Blues and the Main Street's hard to see".
>
> Has anyone else heard that lyric for Dallas Blues?
> Ric Giorgi
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Here's the complete lyrics from the sheet music.
--Sheik
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Dallas blues
Verse:
1. When/ your money's   gone,///
   friends have turned you   down.//|
And you wander   'round just like a
   houn' (a lonesone   houn'.// Then you
Stop to say, "Let me   go away from this old town
   //(this awful   town.//)|
2. There's/ a place I   know///
   folks won't pass me   by.//|
Dallas, Texas,   that's the town I
   dry./ (Oh hear me   cry.)// And I'm
going back, going   back to stay there till I
   die.// (until I   die.) I've got the

Chorus:
1. Dallas blues and the   Main Street heart dis-
   ease.// (It's buzzin   'round), I've got the
Dallas blues and the   Main Street heart dis-
  ease.// (It's buzzin   'round), // Buzzin'
'Round my head, like a   swarm of little honey
   bees// (of honey   bees.) I've got the

Verse
3. When/ I got up   North,///   clothes I had to   spare,//|
Sold 'em all to   pay my railroad
   fare.// (my railroad   fare.)// Just to
Come back there riding   in a Pullman parlor
   chair.// (a parlor   chair.)//|

4. Sent/ a tele-   gram///   this is what I   said://|
"Baby bring a   cold towel for my
   head.// (my aching   head.)// Got the
Dallas blues and your   lovin' man is almost
   dead.// (is almost   dead.) I'm goin' to
Chorus:
2. Put myself on a   Santa Fe and go
   ///(I'm goin' to   go,)// I'm goin' to
 Put myself on a   Santa Fe and go
   ///(I'm goin' to   go,)// to that
Texas town where you   never see the ice and
   snow.// (the ice and   snow.)//|