The Popular Western “Ragtime Shout”, 1904.
Words and music by Hamilton & Fischer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. The Scripture says that he who seeks
Will some day surely find
I have looked for ’bout ten years
Till I’m almost blind
Somehow it seems every dollar that I get
Lord knows I don’t get many
Slips away, dime by dime
Till I ain’t got any
I’ve done most things a man could do
In life to make my way
And when I try to figure it out
There’s one thing I must say
CHORUS
I’m certainly feelin’ bad, hard luck I sure have had
Every thing with me goes wrong
Something seems to tell me that I can’t last long
Worry, work and strife have been mine all thro’ life
Oh Lordy goodness me
O my, I’m certainly feelin’ bad
2. The other night I asked my girl
If she would with me dine
We enjoyed a real nice meal
And some sips of wine
When the waiter brought his bill
To my surprise I found I had no money
Tried to fix it with the man
M-m but I felt funny
He says that con talk won’t go down
You’ll have to pay this debt
And what happened after that
I never will forget