Dangerous Blues

(Ta De Da Da De Dum)
A popular song from 1921.
Words by Anna Welker Brown.
Music by Billie Brown.

The sheet music:

Dangerous-Blues – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Dangerous_Blues – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Ta de da da de dum
    Ta de da da de dum
    That melody is in the air
    You hear them play it
    Ev’rywhere you go it seems
    Ta de da da de dum
    Ta de da da de dum
    If you’ll listen now
    I’ll tell you what that
    Ta da da de dum me means
    Just what it means

Chorus
Oh, I’ve got those dangerous blues
So sweet and pretty
Lawd, I mean those dang’rous blues
Can’t you hear the music playing soft and sweet
It’s the kind that makes you want to shake your feet
I think I’m slippin’, I know I’m slippin’
Ta da da, ta da da, ta da da dum
Oh, just hear those weary blues
So weary honey
They’re the kind I’d have to lose
Those dangerous blues
I can’t even think, can’t even sleep a wink
Every time I hear those dangerous blues
I want to sink
Oh, I’ve got those dangerous blues

  1. Ta de da da de dum
    Ta de da da de dum
    Oh, there it goes again
    That haunting, taunting
    Hypnotizing melody, oh, gee
    Ta de da da de dum
    Ta de da da de dum
    Take a look at me and see just what this
    Ta de dum me, it did for me

Chorus
Oh, I’ve got those dangerous blues
So sweet and pretty
Lawd, I mean those dang’rous blues
Can’t you hear the music playing soft and sweet
It’s the kind that makes you want to shake your feet
I think I’m slippin’, I know I’m slippin’
Ta da da, ta da da, ta da da dum
Oh, just hear those weary blues
So weary honey
They’re the kind I’d have to lose
Those dangerous blues
I could lay right down and die
And there’s a reason why
Every time I hear those dangerous blues
I want to cry
Oh, I’ve got those dangerous blues

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: