Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out by Bessie Smith....(1929)
“HAD MY LAP=TOP STOLEN LAST SAT NIGHT.A THIN ARM CAME THRU' THE BARS ON MY WINDOW. JUST NOW I BUY ANOTHER, LITTLE 10'' BABY.....LOTS TO SORT OUT. NEW JAM COMING SOON,AND GET BACK TO YOU ALL...XX”
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HAD MY LAP=TOP STOLEN LAST SAT NIGHT.A THIN ARM CAME THRU' THE BARS ON MY WINDOW. JUST NOW I BUY ANOTHER, LITTLE 10'' BABY.....LOTS TO SORT OUT. NEW JAM COMING SOON,AND GET BACK TO YOU ALL...XX
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No man can use you when you down and out.
Just heard this played on a gramophone on #6music. wonderful, wonderful stuff.
The best kind of earworm
