- Music written by
- Albert Von Tilzer
- Lyrics written by
- Edward Laska
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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I love my country, 'deed I do
But oh, that war has made me blue
I like fightin', that's my name
But fightin' is the least about the fightin' game
When Mister Hoover said to cut my dinner down
I never even hesitate, I never frown
I cut my sugar, I cut my coal
But now they dug deep in my soul
I've got the blues, I've got the blues
I've got the alcoholic blues
No more beer, my heart to cheer
Goodbye whiskey, you used to make me frisky
So long highball, so long gin
Oh, tell me when you comin' back agin
Blues, I've got the blues
Since they amputated my booze
Lordy, Lordy, war is well
You know I don't have to tell
I've got the alcoholic blues
Some blues, I've got the blues
Prohibition that's the name
Prohibition drives me insane
I'm so thirsty, soon I'll die
I'm simply goin' to 'vaporate, I'm just that dry
I wouldn't mind to live forever in a trench
Just if my daily thirst they only let me quench
And not with Bevo or Ginger Ale
I want the real stuff by the pail
I've got the blues, I've got the blues
I've got the alcoholic blues
No more beer, my heart to cheer
Goodbye whiskey, you used to make me frisky
So long highball, so long gin
Oh, tell mw when you comin' back agin
Blues, I've got the blues
Since they amputated my booze
Lordy, Lordy, war is well
You know, I don't have to tell
I've got the alcoholic blues
Some blues, I've got the blues - Published by
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Versions
The Alcoholic Blues written by Edward Laska, Albert Von Tilzer English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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The Alcoholic Blues REC | Vernon Dalhart | 1919 | First recording on January 21, 1919 | ||
The Alcoholic Blues REL | Billy Murray | April 1919 | First release | ||
Alcoholic Blues | Lu Watters and His Jass Band - Clancy Hayes | 1956 | |||
Alcoholic Blues | The Al Capone Memorial Jazz Band | 1973 | |||
Alcoholic Blues | Jazz I.G. | 1976 | |||
Alcoholic Blues | Circus Square Jazz Band | 1980 | |||
Alcoholic Blues | Steve Pistorius & The Mahogany Hall Stompers | 1991 | |||
Alcoholic Blues | Down Home Jazz Band | 1991 | |||
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues [actually Alcoholic Blues] | Lead Belly | 1994 | Released more than 10 years after its recording | ||
Alcoholic Blues | The Dixie Stompers [US2] | November 30, 1995 | |||
Alcoholic Blues | Pater Johan's Jazzmen | 1997 | |||
Alcoholic Blues | Tom Baker's Jazz Band | 1997 | |||
Alcoholic Blues | The Silverleaf Jazzmen | 1999 | Unverified | ||
Alcoholic Blues | The Slip Dixies | 2017 |
The Alcoholic Blues written by Albert Von Tilzer instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | The Alcoholic Blues | Synco Jazz Band (Joseph Samuels) | July 1919 | ||
i | The Alcoholic Blues | Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra | September 1919 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues (Introducing, "Everybody's Crazy over Dixie") | All Star Trio | December 1919 | Medley | |
i | Alcoholic Blues | De Ford Bailey | July 1927 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues | Lu Watters Jazz Band | 1950 | Vocalise version | |
i | Alcoholic Blues | Sonny Terry | 1952 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues | The Tin Rainbow Jazz Band | 1958 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues | Bobby Hackett | April 1959 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues | Umbrella Jazzmen | 1975 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues | Watergate Seven + One | 1977 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues | Crescent City Jazz Band | 1991 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues | Jazztone Dry Weepers | 1993 | ||
i | Alcoholic Blues | Back Bay Ramblers | 2002 |
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues written by [Unknown] English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues | Pete Seeger | July 1953 | First recording in 1948 First release Live |
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Winsborough Cotton Mill Blues | The Hillmen | 1969 | |||
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues | Magpie | 1982 | |||
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues | James Reams | 1994 | |||
Winsborough Cotton Mill Blues | David Parmley & Continental Divide | February 10, 2009 | |||
Winsborough Cotton Mill Blues | The Blue Canyon Boys | 2009 |