(Bessie Smith)When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night
When it rains five days and the skies turn dark as night
Then trouble's takin' place in the lowlands at night
I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my door
I woke up this mornin', can't even get out of my doorThere's been enough trouble to make a poor girl wonder where she want to go
Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond
Then they rowed a little boat about five miles 'cross the pond
I packed all my clothes, throwed them in and they rowed me along
When it thunders and lightnin' and when the wind begins to blow
When it thunders and lightnin' and the wind begins to blowThere's thousands of people ain't got no place to go
Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill
Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill
Then looked down on the house were I used to live
Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go
Backwater blues done call me to pack my things and go'Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more
Mmm, I can't move no more
Mmm, I can't move no more
There ain't no place for a poor old girl to go
Bessie Smith, nota come "l'Empress of the Blues", è stata una cantante di blues americana nata il 15 aprile 1894 a Chattanooga, Tennessee, e scomparsa il 26 settembre 1937 a Clarksdale, Mississippi. Considerata una delle più grandi artiste del genere blues, Smith ha dominato la scena musicale degli anni '20 e '30 con la sua potente voce, le sue interpretazioni emozionali e la sua presenza scenica magnetica. Nata in una famiglia povera, Bessie iniziò a cantare per strada fin da bambina. La sua carriera musicale decollò negli anni '20 quando si unì alla Columbia Records, pubblicando numerosi successi che divennero standard del blues come "Downhearted Blues", "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" e "St. Louis Blues". La Smith fu una figura di grande importanza per la diffusione del blues tra il pubblico mainstream e contribuì a sconfiggere gli stereotipi razziali legati al genere musicale. La sua influenza sulla musica americana è stata immensa, ispirando generazioni di artisti blues, jazz e soul.
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