Lyrics:

You ain't been blue,
No, no, no ...
You ain't been blue,
Till you had that mood indigo ...

That feelin' goes stealin'
Down to my shoes,
While I sit an' sigh,
Go 'long blues ...

Always get the mood indigo,
Since my baby said goodbye ...
In the evenin' when the lights are low,
I'm so lonesome, I could die!

'Cause there's nobody,


Who cares about me ...
I'm just a fool,
Who's bluer than blue can be,
When I get that mood indigo,
I could lay me down an' die!


That feelin' goes stealin'
Down to my shoes,
While I sit an' sigh,
Go 'long blues ...

Music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard
With lyrics by Mitchell Parish, 1931