Some blues, a 1919 popular song.
Words by Edward Laska
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
Prohibition laws came before the amendment.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I love my country, ‘deed I do
But oh, that war has made me blue
I like fightin’, that’s my name
But fightin’ is the least about the fightin’ game
When Mister Hoover said to cut my dinner down
I never even hesitate, I never frown
I cut my sugar, I cut my coal
But now they dug deep in my soul
Chorus
I’ve got the blues, I’ve got the blues
I’ve got the alcoholic blues
No more beer my heart to cheer
Goodbye whiskey, you used to make me frisky
So long highball, so long gin
Oh, tell me when you comin’ back again?
Blues, I’ve got the blues, since they amputated my booze
Lordy, Lordy, war is well, you know, I don’t have to tell
Oh, I’ve got the alcoholic blues, some blues
2. Prohibition that’s the name
Prohibition drives me insane
I’m so thirsty, soon I’ll die
I’m simply goin’ to ‘vaporate, I’m just that dry
I wouldn’t mind to live forever in a trench
Just if my daily thirst they only let me quench
And not with Bevo or Gingerale
I want real stuff by the pail
Sung here by Fred Feild to player piano roll Simple #7825 played by Alvin Gardner: