I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried
by
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith says:
I wrote this back in 1926, one of my best. "I'm like a fox without a hole, a ship without a sail"....I got that right. Dig Louie Armstrong's wild cornet playing at the beginning and throughout this song. Maybe it's time to be swearin' off men for good! ...
I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried
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I wrote this back in 1926, one of my best. "I'm like a fox without a hole, a ship without a sail"....I got that right....
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