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[Suspicious Minds]

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Lyrics of the original:

I'm so unhappy
I feel so blue
I always feel so sad
I made a mistake
Right from the start
Oh, it seems so hard to part
Oh, but this letter
That I will write
I hope he will remember
When he receive' it

See see, rider
See what you done done
Lawd, lawd, lawd
Made me love you
Now your girl done come
You made me love you
Now your gal done come

I'm go'n away, baby
Won't be back till fall
Lawd, lawd, lawd
Go'n away, baby
Won't be back till fall
If I find me a good man
I won't be back at all

I'm gonna buy me a pistol
Just as long as I am tall
Lawd, lawd, lawd
Gonna kill my man and
Catch the Cannonball
If he don't have me
He won't have no gal at all

Here’s a clip:

https://youtu.be/trtxZgF3Dns

[Suspicious Minds]

Of course, the song was covered numerous times, but perhaps interesting to know is that in 1943, a version by Wee Bea Booze reached #1 on Billboard magazine's ‘Harlem Hit Parade’, a precursor of the R&B chart.

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Billboard, June 12, 1943:

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Billboard, Feb 6, 1943:

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Ad for Wee Bea Booze gig:

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