Ma Rainey - Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues lyrics

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Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill<br />

Black cat on my doorstep, black cat on my windowsill<br />

If one black cat don't cross me, another black cat will<br />

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It's bad luck if I'm jolly, bad luck if I cry<br />

It's bad luck if I'm jolly, bad luck if I cry<br />

It's bad luck if I stay here, it's still more bad luck if I die<br />

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Last night a hootin' owl came and sat right over my door<br />

Last night a hootin' owl came and sat right over my door<br />

A feelin' seems to tell me, I'll never see my man no more<br />

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I feel my left eye jumpin', my heart a-bumpin'<br />

I'm on my P's and Q's<br />

I feel my brain a-thumpin', I got no time to lose<br />

Mama's superstitious, tryin' to overcome these blues