Shadowland Blues
Words and music by Troy Floyd.
[Part 1]
Tell me pretty mama
How long must I wait?
Tell me pretty mama
How long must I wait?
Can I be your reg’lar,
Or did I come too late?
Hey———, baby,
What’s the matter now?
Try’n’ to quit your daddy,
And you don’t know how.
[Part 2]
Hey———, baby,
I’m all in a strain.
Got the blues so bad
I hate to call your name.
Collected from Okeh 8571, as sung by Kellough Jefferson with Troy Floyd and his Plaza Hotel Orchestra, recorded March 14, 1928.