My Man’s Gone Now
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward
My man's gone now
Ain't no use a listenin'
For his tired footsteps
Climbin' up the stairs
Old man sorrow's
Come to keep me company
Whisperin' beside me
When I say my prayers
Ain't that I mind workin'
Work n' me is travelers
Journeyin' together
To the Promised Land
But old man sorrow
Marchin' all the way with me
Tellin' me I'm old now
Since I lose my man
Since I lose my man
Old man sorrow
Sitting by the fireplace
Lying all night long
By me in the bed
Telling me the same thing
Morning, noon, and evening
That I'm all alone now
Since my man is gone
Since my man is dead