Harry Roy - Since Black Minnie's Got the Blues

From the British film Everything is Rhythm (1936). Mabel Mercer sings with Harry Roy and chorus. Speciality Tap Dancer is Johnny Nitt. Lyrics Harlem is weeping and wailing They’ve heard the saddest of news No one gambles now They’ve forgotten how Since Black Minnie’s got the blues Hi de Hi de Ho Minnie’s got the blues No more they sing the lowdown blues songs There’s not a song that they choose No one orders gin, drinking is a sin Since Black Minnie’s got the blues Hi de Hi de Ho Minnie’s got the blues Everything is down in Harlem Ever since her man in gaol She can’t even write him letters and they won’t let him out on bail Poor frail. Devils would like to be angels If all all their sins they could lose Not a soul in town kicks the gong around, Since Black Minnie’s got the blues. Hi de Hi de Ho Minnie’s got the blues. Hear ye, hear ye one and all Harlem is acting strange Hear ye, hear ye, big and small Harlem has had a change Poor Black Minnie’s lost her man How she moans, how she can Hear ye, hear ye, one and all There’s no life among the Black and Tans Harlem is weeping and wailing They’ve heard the saddest of news No one gambles now They’ve forgotten how Since Black Minnie’s got the blues Hi de hi de Ho Minnie’s got the blues. Not a soul in town Kicks the gong around Since Black Minnie’s got the blues Singing Hi de Ho Minnie’s got the blues.