(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue?

Out in the street, shufflin' feet
 Couples passin' two by two
 While here am I, left high and dry
 Black, and 'cause I'm black I'm blue
 Browns and yellers, all have fellers
 Gentlemen prefer them light
 Wish I could fade, can't make the grade
 Nothing but dark days in sight
 Cold, empty bed, springs hard as lead
 Pains in my head, feel like old Ned
 What did I do to be so black and blue?
 No joys for me, no company
 Even the mouse ran from my house
 All my life through I've been so black and blue
 I'm white inside, it don't help my case
 'Cause I can't hide, what is on my face, oh!
 I'm so forlorn, life's just a thorn
 My heart is torn, why was I born?
 What did I do to be so black and blue?
 'Cause you're black, folks think you lack
 They laugh at you, and scorn you too
 What did I do to be so black and blue?
 When you are near, they laugh and sneer
 Set you aside and you're denied
 What did I do to be so black and blue?
 How sad I am, each day I feel worse
 My mark of Ham seems to be a curse, oh
 How will it end? ain't got a friend
 My only sin is my skin
 What did I do to be so black and blue?