Florida Bound Blues - Bessie Smith Clarence Williams

Goodbye North Hello South

Goodbye North Hello South

It's so cold up here that the words

Freeze in your mouth

I'm going to Florida where I can have my fun

I'm going to Florida where I can have my fun

Where I can lay out in the

Green grass and look up at the sun

Hey hey red cap help me with this load

Red cap porter help me with this load

Help us out

Hold that steamboat Mr Captain

Let me get on board

I got a letter from my daddy

He bought me a sweet piece of land

I got a letter from my daddy

He bought me a small piece of ground

You can't blame me for leaving

Lord I mean I'm Florida bound

My papa told me my mama told me too

My papa told me my mama told me too

Don't let them bell bottom britches

Make a fool out of you