There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood,
Eighteen of them are fools
and the one ain't no doggone good.
Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams, 1989.
-- Bessie Smith, (Apr 15 1894-1937), US blues singer, songwriter; The Queen of the Blues of 1920s-1930s recorded with most major jazz groups of her day; first recording Gulf Coast Blues, 1923.