The song Shipwreck Blues is performed by Bessie Smith in the album named The Essential Bessie Smith in the year 1997 .
Captain, tell your men to get on board
I sure see 'em just pull into another shore
I'm dreary in mind and I'm so worried in heart
Oh, the best of friends sho' has got to part
Blow your whistle captain, so your men'll know what to do
Blow your whistle captain, so your men'll know what to do
When a woman gets dreary, ain't no tellin' what she won't do
It's cloudy outdoors as can be
Oh, it's cloudy as can be
That's the time I need my good man with me
It's rainin' and it's stormin' on the sea
It's rainin', it's stormin' on the sea
I feel like somebody has shipwrecked poor me
Bessie Smith - The Essential Bessie Smith
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- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
- Jail-House Blues
- Graveyard Dream Blues
- Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
- Boweavil Blues
- Weeping Willow Blues
- Dying Gambler's Blues
- Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
- Careless Love Blues
- I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle
- At The Christmas Ball
- Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
- Backwater Blues
- After You've Gone
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- Trombone Cholly
- Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- Dyin' By The Hour
- Me And My Gin
- Kitchen Man
- Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out
- On Revival Day (A Rythmic Spiritual)
- Moan, You Moaners
- Shipwreck Blues
- Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
- Gimmie A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer
- Take Me For A Buggy Ride
- Down In The Dumps