Washboard Blues

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Connee Boswell

Constance Foore "Connee" Boswell (December 3, 1907, Kansas City, Missouri – October 11, 1976, New York) was an American female vocalist born in Kansas City but raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. With her sisters, Martha and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell, she performed in the 1930s as The Boswell Sisters and became a highly influential singing group during this period via recordings and radio. Connee herself is widely considered one of the greatest jazz female vocalists and was a major influence on Ella Fitzgerald who said, "My mother brought home one of her records, and I fell in love with it....I tried so hard to sound just like her." more »

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2004

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Mornin' comes with cloudy skies and rain
My poor back am broke with pain.
My man's sleepin', I just scrubbin'
Chillin', weepin', I do rubbin'
Age a-creepin', clothes a-tubbin'
All day long
Up to dat washin' soap
And down to dat water once more
Head down low, head low
Up to dat washin' soap
And down to dat water once more
Poor hands go, oh lawdy
So weary of scrubbin', days dreary
So weary of tubbin' them clothes!
Up to dat washin' soap
And down to dat water once more
Washboard blues!

Never get me gone from here
Scrubbin' dirty clothes all year!
Dem clothes
Dem muckety clothes
Dem raggedy clothes
Dem grimy clothes
That's all I know
Up and down, back and forth, all day long!
Oh lawdy, won't you hear my song, hear my song?

Washin' in a shanty on de shore
The river swingin' on by de door
Hear dat river, lowly callin'
I's a-shiver, night's a-fallin'
Hear dat river lowly moanin', moanin' low

I a-goin' to dat river
Goin' down to dat river some day
Hurry day, hurry day, hurry day, hurry!
I a-goin' to dat river
Goin' down to dat river some day
Throw myself, my poor self, self away!
Oh lawdy, must a-keep scrubbin'
Must a-keep tubbin'
Must a-keep drubbin'
Must a-keep tubbin'
Them ole dirty clothes!
But I'm goin' to dat river
Goin' down to dat river some day
Hurry day, hurry day, hurry day, hurry!

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