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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bessie Smith
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Michael Brooks
Producer
Frank Walker
Producer
John Hammond
Producer
Frank Abbey
Engineer
Lyrics
Woke up this mornin'
When chickens was crowin' for day
Felt on the right side of my pillar
My man had gone away
By this pillar
He left a note reading
"I'm sorry, Jane, you got my goat
No time to marry, no time to settle down"
I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round
I'm a young woman and ain't done runnin' 'round
Some people call me a hobo
Some call me a bum
Nobody knows my name
Nobody knows what I've done
I'm as good as any woman
In your town
I ain't no high yeller
I'm a deep killer of brown
I ain't gonna marry
Ain't gonna settle down
I'm gonna drink good moonshine
And rub these browns down
See that long lonesome road
Lord, you know it's gotta inn
And I'm a good woman
And I can get plenty men
Writer(s): Bessie Smith
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