How Long, How Long Blues
Words & Music:
Leroy Carr
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Baby, how long; baby, how long has that evenin' train been gone?
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Baby, how long, how long; baby, how long?
Baby, how long? Baby, how long, since I heard that whistle blow?
Why did you leave me, baby, why did you have to go?
I'm goin' to the pawnshop, put my watch in pawn.
Then it won't tell me how long you been gone.
Baby, how long; baby, how long has that evenin' train been gone?
Baby, how long, how long; baby, how long?
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Went up on the mountain, looked as far as I could see.
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The man had my woman, and the blues had poor me.
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How long, how long, baby, how long?