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   Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
  (1929) Jimmy Cox
   
  Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spending my money, with never a care
Takin' all my friends out for a good time
Drinkin' high-priced liquor, champagne and wine;
Then I began to fall so low;
Didn't have a friend, and noplace to go
If I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna squeeze it, until the eagle grins, cause

Nobody knows you when you're down and out.
In your pocket, not one penny
And your friends -- you find you haven't any.
But as soon as you get back on your feet again
Everybody wants to be your long-lost friend
It's might strange, without a doubt
Nobody knows you when you're down and out.
 
   
  Recording session unknown
    CD 1988 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Mercury 834 308-2 [2:39]
    CD 1990 51 Great Jazz Performances That's Jazz TJ401 [2:38]
    CD 1993 Autour de Minuit Verve 518 165-2 [2:40]
    CD 1994 Feeling Good Mercury 522 747-2
    CD 1996 Anthology, The Colpix Years Rhino R2 72567
   
  Recording studio session 1959 Oct., New York
   Never issued, as far as I known
   
  Recording studio session 1965 May 19-20, New York -- (LP Pastel Blues)
    LP 1966 Pastel Blues Philips (US) PHM 200-187, (E) 852-073 [0:39]
    CD 1990 Pastel Blues+ Let It All Out Mercury 846 663-2 [2:39]
   
  Recording live session 1975, USA
    LP 0000 Portrait of Nina Festival 189 [7:25]
 
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