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(1904 - 1943)
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Black and Blue

Black and Blue
Fats Waller


Piano solo
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Composer
Fats Waller
Fats Waller (1904 - 1943)
Instrumentation

Piano solo

Style

Jazz

Arranger
Fats Waller
Bizzarri, Bruno (1956 - )
KeyA minor
LyricistHarry Brooks and Andy Razaf
LangageEnglish
Date1929
CopyrightPublic Domain
Questo brano fu scritto originariamente per il musical "Hot Chocolates" del 1929, ed era il lamento di una donna di colore abbandonata dal suo uomo. Solo quando fu adattato e interpretato da Louis Armstrong, il brano si trasformò in un inno di denuncia e di protesta contro la discriminazione razziale, tanto da essere citato dallo scrittore afroamericano Ralph Wilson all'inizio del racconto "Invisible Man".
Added by brunobizzarri, 26 Oct 2021

LYRICS
Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead
Feel like old Ned, wished I was dead
What did I do to be so black and blue?
Even the mouse ran from my house
They laugh at you, and scorn you too
What did I do to be so black and blue?

I'm white inside, but that don't help my case
'Cause I can't hide what is in my face

How would it end? Ain't got a friend
My only sin is in my skin
What did I do to be so black and blue?

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