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Blues Lyrics - Lucille Bogan
B.D. Woman's Blues
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recording of March 7 1935, New York City
from
Piano Blues, Vol. 6 (Magpie PY-4406)
&
Sissy Man Blues: Str't & Gay Blues (Jass J-CD-13)
&
When Women Sang the Blues (Blues Classics BC-26)
Comin' a time, B.D.
women, they ain't gonna need no men
Comin' a time, B.D. women, they ain't gonna needs no men
Oh, the way they treat us is a low down and dirty thing
B.D. women you sure can't understand
B.D. women you sure can't understand
They got a head like a sweet angel
and they walk like a nach'l
man
B.D. women, they all done learned their thing
B.D. women, they all done learned their thing
They can lay their
jive
just like a natch'l man
B.D. women, B.D. women, you know they sure is rough
B.D. women, B.D. women, you know they sure is rough
They are drink up many a whisky and they sure can
strut their stuff
B.D. women, you know they work and they make their dough
B.D. women, you know they work and they make their dough
And when they get ready to spend it, they know the place where to go
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Note 1: B.D., Bull Dyker, a 'male' lesbian;
Note 2: sweet angel, standard transliteration is "sweet angel" but it sounds more like "Swiss engine". Swiss engines were saddle-tank locomotives (almost cubical) used for moving timber. I would expect a bull dyker's head to look more like a Swiss engine than a sweet angel, take your pick;
Note 3: nach'l, natural;
Note 4: dough, money.
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