“Kansas City Blues”

Description

"River is deep and the river is wide, Gal I love is on the other side. I'm gonna move to Kansas City... Move, honey babe, where they don't 'low you." Miscellaneous verses about women, prostitution (?), drugs, loneliness, the girl the singer loves....

Notes

This song also became popular in jazz circles, after being popularized by Joe Turner and others. - PJS

Cross references

Recordings

  • "Red" Willie Smith, "Kansas City Blues" (on NFMAla1)

References

  1. Silber-FSWB, p. 77, "Kansas City Blues" (1 text)
  2. DT, KCBLES*
  3. BI, FSWB077C

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1950 (recording, "Red" Willie Smith)
Keywords: drugs love whore travel home
Found in: US(SE)