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Oh aint I got the Blues!
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Wikipedia article
"'Oh aint I got the Blues!'" is a song and dance tune written by A.A. Chapman and published in 1871.[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1871.02653 "Oh aint I got the Blues!"] Library of Congress In the song the dancer is bemoaning how unlucky he is. Each verse ends with the chorus:
Oh aint I got the blues!
My sadness you'd excuse,
If you knew like me what 'tis to have
Such a terrible fit of the blues.Chapman, A.A.; "Oh aint I got the Blues!" (sheet music). Brooklyn, NY: J.W. Smith, Jr. (1871)
The chorus ends with a short dance routine. The earliest sheet music identifies it as performed by the 'Welch, Hughes & White's Minstrels'. "Oh aint I got the Blues!" is often cited as being one of the early "blues"-titled songs.
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Category:Songs about depression
Category:1871 songs
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