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A2.2·blues·3:09

St. Louis Blues

Bessie Smith · 1925

St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith (1925) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Sing with the chorus

  • Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today
  • Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today
  • I'll pack my grip and make my getaway
hateeveningfeeling'

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I hate to see thesun go down

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Feeling'like I feel today

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Saintwoman with her diamond rings

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Pulls that man around by herstrings

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Wasn't forand the store-bought hair

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

The man I lovego nowhere, nowhere

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll pack my grip and make my getaway

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The man I love wouldn't go nowhere, nowhere

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Saint Louis woman with her diamond rings

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Pulls that man around by her apron strings

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? to see the evening sun go down

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I hate to see the ? sun go down

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Feeling' tomorrow like I ? today

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Saint ? woman with her diamond rings

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Wasn't for ? and the store-bought hair

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today
  • I'll pack my grip and make my getaway
  • Pulls that man around by her apron strings

Exercise 21

Rewrite the chorus of "St. Louis Blues" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 22

If you had to summarize "St. Louis Blues" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

hateeveningfeeling'tomorrow

Exercise 23

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "St. Louis Blues" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 24

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • i'll→
  • wasn't→
  • wouldn't→
  • he's→

Exercise 25

Who in your life would you dedicate "St. Louis Blues" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

hateeveningfeeling'tomorrow

Exercise 27

Compare "St. Louis Blues" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

hateeveningfeeling'tomorrow

Exercise 28

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

hateeveningfeeling'tomorrow

Exercise 29

If you could change the ending of the story told in "St. Louis Blues", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 30

"St. Louis Blues" was released in 1925. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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