Bessie Smith
follow the deal on down remastered
Stop rollin' them bones & listen to me;
I had a gamblin' man
he's hard to understand
he just give me worries and goin' around
he was scheming to his dice
couldn't give him no advice
he followed the deal on down
he was a gambler
i mean he was a gambler
and he'd always lay his money down
if he win or if he lose
he would never sing the blues
he followed the deal on down
he took sick the other day
and his bills i had to pay
none of his good friends could be found
not a penny to his name
of course he's not to blame
lord, he followed the deal on down
he was a gambler
yes he was a gambler
and he would always go from town to town
gamblin' life he'd crave
it lays a poor boy in his grave
he followed the deal on down
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- Miscellaneous
- Nothing but the Blues: Bessie Smith
- The Gold Collection: 40 Classic Performances
- Greatest Hits
- The Quintessence: The Empress 1923-1933
- Downhearted Blues (Original 1923-1924 Recordings)
- Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 31: Empress of the Blues
- The Essence of Bessie Smith (disc 1)
- An Introduction to Bessie Smith: Her Best Recordings...
- The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1923-1924
- The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1928-1929
- Queen of the Blues, Volume 1
- The Anthology
- Midnite Jazz & Blues: Empress of the Blues
- The Complete Recordings, Volume 4
- The Undisputed Queen of the Blues, Volume 1
- Squeeze Me
- The Complete Recordings, Volume 1
- The Ultimate Jazz Archive
- The Complete Recordings Vol. 4