[Dixielandjazz] Verse for "A Good Man Is ...."

[David M Richoux]

Most of the lyrics I found show credit to Eddie Green, 1918 and have  
that line the way you show it.

This Bessie Smith version

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Bessie+Smith/track/A+Good+Man+Is+Hard+To+Find

does it a bit differently:

My heart's sad and I'm a alone,
My man treats me mean.
I regret the day that i was born,
and that man I ever seen.

which makes a bit more sense (but not much.)

Dave RIchoux

On Dec 8, 2009, at 7:35 PM, Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:

> Can anyone shed any light on some of the verse lyrics for, "A Good  
> Man  Is
> Hard to Find"?
> I have checked several sources which all print the verse lyrics as   
> thus:
> My heart's sad and I am all forlorn.
> My man's treating me mean.
> I regret the day that I was born,
> and that man of mine I've ever seen.
> My happiness, it never lasts a day.
> My heart is breaking while I say,
>
> Well, line four makes no sense.  Is that what was originally  
> written  and
> by whom?
>
> Thanks!
> Ginny
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