East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well)

I walked all the way from East Saint Louis
 I never had but that one, one thin dime
 I laid my head in a New York woman's lap
 She laid her little cute head in mine
 She tried to make me bleed by the rattlings of her tongue
 The sun would never, never shine
 I pawned my sword and I pawned my chain
 Well I pawned myself but I fell to shame
 I tried to see you in the fall
 When you didn't have no man at all
 I'd love to meet you in the spring when the bluebird's almost ready to sing
 Faree, honey, faree well
 You can shake like a cannon ball, get out and learn that old Georgia crawl
 Faree, honey, faree well(play it boy...)And I laid my head in a barroom door
 And I can't get drunk, drunk no more
 Now if you can't do the sugary get yourself on out of this house to me
 Faree, baby, faree well
 I tried to see you in the spring when the bluebird's almost ready to sing
 Faree, honey, faree well
 And I walked on back to East Saint Louis
 Never had but that one, one thin dime