Has anybody seen my good gal walking down Fifth Street?
Has anybody seen my good gal walking down Fifth Street?
I want to tell all you people to let that good gal be
She didn't receive no letter, but she received a telegram
She didn't receive no letter, she received a telegram
"Don't you worry, sweet mama, papa be home some day."
Blue, baby, won't leave me too
I'm blue, baby, Lord, she leave me too
My Mama's baby, and I, sure ain't gonna leave me here
Is anybody seen my good gal walkin' down Fifth Street?
Has anybody seen my good gal walkin' down Fifth Street?
I'm going to tell all of you people, "You must let that good gal be."
I gets up every mornin', sets down, 'side of her bed
I gets up every mornin', sets down, 'side of her bed
Well now, yesterday she puts them jinx on me
I got the Fifth Street Blues, I don't know what to do
I got the Fifth Street Blues, I don't know what to do
And now it makes me sad, mama, she makes me moan and cry
She just like a watermelon vine, runnin' all over this town
She just like a watermelon vine, runnin' all over this town
But when I goes away, baby, I don't know what to do