Henry's Worry Blues

DESCRIPTION: Henry worries night and day about women. His baby "worries me on every hand... because she can"; "she mistreats me both night and day... to pass the time away." He bid her goodbye, prayed for and "got another woman now tie my troubles away"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (recording, Henry Townsend)
KEYWORDS: shrewishness love farewell separation nonballad lover
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RECORDINGS:
Henry Townsend, "Henry's Worry Bluese" (Columbia 14529-D,1929; on USChartersHeroes)
NOTES [18 words]: Three line blues: the first line is repeated -- more or less -- and the last line completes the thought. - BS
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