As performed on Jools Holland's 5th Annual Hootenanny, 31st December 1997. Listen

I've got the Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuues
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh I'm as blue as I can be
I've got the Saint Louis Blues
I'm as blue as I can be
That man has a heart like a rock cast in the sea
Otherwise he would not have gone so far from me
Saint Louis woman with the diamond ring
Leads my man around by your apron string
If it weren't for powder and store-bought hair
That man of mine wouldn't gone nowhere, nowhere
I've got the Saint Louis Blues
I'm as blue as I can be
That man has a heart like a rock cast in the sea
Otherwise he would not have gone as far from me

Well I hate to see that evening sun go down
I hate to see that evening sun go down
Cause the man I love he's gonna left this town
Saint Louis woman with diamond ring
Leads my man around by her apron strings
If it weren't for diamonds and store-bought hair
That man of mine wouldn't have gone nowhere
Then that man of mine wouldn't have gone nowhere

written by William Christopher Handy