INTRO
Baby, how long, baby, how long, gon' be 'fore you bring your clothes back home?
Said, well, it won't be no longer if you quit doin' me wrong
Hey, red cap porter, did my best woman ever get on board?
Said, I don't know those clothes she's had on
Just as sure as a bluebird flies in the skies above
Sayin', your life's ain't no pleasure lest you're with the one you love
SOLO
Sayin' if I just had wings, then I'd fly just like Norah's dove
Then I would h'ist my wings and fly and light on that woman I love
Well, I went up on a mountain, taken a peep in that old deep blue sea
I's tryin' to find that woman put them jinx on me
Baby, now hey, how long, baby, you gonna still do me wrong
Baby, how long is you's gon' treat me wrong
Say, when I woked up this mornin', just about the dawn of day
Some man had my woman and the worried blues had me
NOTE:
George Torey was a Country blues singer and guitarist, who recorded three titles (one of which remain unissued) for ARC in Birmingham, Alabama, 1937.