I was up this mornin', blues walkin' like a man

I was up this mornin', blues walkin' like a man

Worried blues, give me your right hand

Ah, blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down

Blues fell mama's child, tore me all upside down

Travel on ol' Jeffrey Lee, ya know

Can't seem to turn him around

So preach the blues

Preach the blues now

Blues is low down shaking chill

Blues is low down shaking chill

You ain't never had them

I don't believe you will

Blues is an achin' old heart disease

Blues is an achin' old heart disease

It's like consumption, baby

Killin' me by degrees

So preach the blues

Preach the blues now

I had religion, Lord, this day, very day

I had religion, Lord, this very day

But the womens and the whiskey

They would not let me pray

Gonna get me religion

Gonna join the Baptist church

Gonna get me religion

Gonna join the Baptist church

Gonna be a Baptist preacher

So I don't have to work

And preach the blues

And preach the blues now