Mean Old World
by 
Big Bill Broonzy 
recording of 19 
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Sometime I get disgusted, yeah, my mind goes up and down 
Yes, sometime I get disgusted, yeah, and my mind goes up and down 
Yeah, my woman has quit me, now my buddies hangin' around 
This is a mean old world to live in, I'm just travelin' through 
It's a mean old world to live in, I'm just travelin' through 
Yes, sometime I get so blue, that I don't know what to do 
I been up North, all over the Southern states 
Yes, I've been in the North, all over the Southern states 
Yes, people, it ain't the world, 'cause the good Lord made it straight, yeah 
What's for poor me to do? 
Yeah, what's for poor me to do? 
Yeah, it sets my mother praying, I hope she prays for me not you