A popular song from 1919.
Words by Geo. A. Norton.
Music by Peter De Rose.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I’m disappointed, my heart’s disjointed
There’s somethin’ that’s adlin’ my mind
I’m on the blink, I just can’t think
There’s no cure I kin find
Chorus:
I’m gonna bathe ma’self in carbolic acid
And eat a pound of Paris Green
Chew all the heads off a box of Sulphur Matches
And wash ’em down with gasolene
Den I’ll hang myself to a Weepin’ Willow Tree
And stab ma’self a time or two
And I’ll weep and sigh, till I droop and die
Cause I’ve certainly got the “Suicide Blues”
You tell the people dad I had the Suicide Blues
Verse 2
My spirit’s busted, I’m plum disgusted
‘Cause everything seems to go wrong
In all my dreams there’s grief it seems
Oh! hear ma sorrow song