Aunt Hagar's Blues By W. C. Handy 1921
Adaptation from W. C. Handy's Original Selection Aunt Hagar's Children
Music by W. C. HANDY

Verse
Old Deacon Splivin', his flock was givin' The way of livin' right,
Said he "No wingin' no ragtime singin' tonight
Up jumped Aunt Hagar, and shouted out with all her might
Oh, 'taint no use o' preachin' Oh 'taint no use o' teachin',
Each modulation of syncopation Just tells my feet to dance, and I can't refuse
When I hear the melody they call the blues;

Chorus
Those ever lovin' blues:
Just hear Aunt Hagar's children harmonizin'
To that old mournful tune,
It's like a choir from on high broke loose,
If the debil brought it
The good Lawd sent it right down to me,
Let the congregation join
While I sing those lovin' Aunt Hagar's Blues.

Original Publication and Copyright © MCMXXI by Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc. N.Y.