How Long, How Long Blues

Tell me, baby, how long?

Baby, how long

Has that evenin' train been gone?

How long?

How long?

Baby, how long?

Heard the whistle blowin'

Couldn't see no train

Way down in my heart I had an achin' pain

How long?

Baby, how long?

I'm sad and lonely all the whole day through

Why don't you write me and give me the news?

You have left me, yes, you left me

Singin' the blues, those how long blues

If I could holler like the mountain jack

I'd go up on a mountain and call my baby back

Tell me how long?

How long?

Oh, how long?

I went up on a mountain

Looked as far as I could see

That woman had my man

And the blues had poor me

Yes, tell me, baby

Tell me, baby, how long?

How long must I go on like this?

The brook runs into the river

The river runs into the sea

If I don't run into my baby a train is goin' to run into me

How long? How long?

How long?

I say

I'm sad and lonely all the whole day through

Why don't you write me?

Tell me, baby, what's the news?

You have left me, left me

Singin' those how long blues