Bessie Smith - J.C. Holmes Blues lyrics

Listen people if you want to hear A story told about a brave engineer J C Holmes was the rider's name A heavyweight wheelman with a might fame JC said, with a smile so fine "Woman gets tired o' one man at a time Get two or three if you have to hide If the train go an' leave you got a mule to ride!" In the second cabin sat Miss Alice Bry Goin' to ride with J C or die "I ain't good lookin' and I don't dress fine But I'm a ramblin' woman with a ramblin' mind!" Just then the conductor hollered, "All aboard!" And the porter said, "We got our load Look a-here son, we oughta be gone I feel like ridin' if it's all night long!" JC said, just before he died Two more roads he wanted to ride Everybody wondered what road it could be He said, "The Southern Pacific and The Santa Fe" J C said, "I don't feel right I saw my girl with a man last night Soon as I get enough steam just right I've been mistreated and I don't mind dyin'!"