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Weary Blues

October 31, 2016November 11, 2016 / Lilly / Leave a comment

The Weary Blues Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other night By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light He did a lazy sway. . . . He did a lazy sway. . . . To … Continue reading Weary Blues

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