Am I Blue?
1929LYRICS
Am I blue?
Am I blue?
Ain't these tears
In these eyes tellin' you?
Am I blue?
You'd be too,
If each plan, with your man,
Done fell through
Was a time
I was his only one
But now I’m
The sad and lonely one, Lordy
Was I gay?
Till today
Now he's gone and we're through
Am I blue?
SONG NOTES
This simple song uses the original chorus to tell a song of longing for a man that left the singer. The Smith Ballew/Ben Selvin version of this song from 1929 changes "man" to "gal", showing that contemporaries 'straightened' their versions.
This song is from a movie called On With The Show where it was sung by Ethel Waters in a scene set on a cotton plantation. The extra intro verse reveals that she is in Birmingham, AL and her lover is in Chicago, IL.
RECORD LABEL
Plaza
LANGUAGE
English
FEATURED IN
On With The Show [film]
CITATION
Plaza matrix 8787. 'Am I blue? / Scrappy Lambert ; Lou Gold Orchestra.' 1929. Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000491849/8787-Am_I_blue