Blues

The Ink Spots

BluesThe Ink SpotsThis is a rather obscure song. Can't determine who wrote it and whether anyone ever charted it as a single in the Top 100. Judging by the composition and the lyrics, I'd guess it is a 1930's-type jazz/blues number generally played by black musicians. I found it on an Ink Spots 3-LP collection titled "The Best Of the Ink Spots" (Murray Hill label-Catalog # 897571. Unfortunately, there are no liner notes or writer credits included.I'm goin back home and get my ham bone boiled some more (choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)I'm goin back home and get my ham bone boiled some more (choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)'cause the way you cook for me, babyMy stomach got sore(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)I'm goin' on the river and I'm not gonna take you along(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)I'm goin' on the river and I'm not gonna take you along(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)'cause I need somebody to help me sing this song (choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)I may be blue but I won't be blue no more(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)I may be blue but I won't be blue no more(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)'cause when I come home, somebody's gotta go(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)Bye bye , baby, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)Bye bye bye, baby, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)I said bye bye, baby, bye bye baby goodbye(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)