“Blue and Lonesome”, which inspired the Rolling Stones to record their blues tribute album, is one of Little Walter’s deep tracks. Recorded on August 19, 1959, it was not released until 1965, when it appeared as the B-side on the “Mean Ole Frisco” single. It wasn’t until the 1969 collection Hate to See You Go that it was released on a long playing album.

“Blue and Lonesome” is a 12-bar blues, possibly modeled after Memphis Slim’s 1949 song of the same name, although it is a distinctly different song. The Stones' version closely follows Little Walter’s, with a guitar intro and harmonica solo between the second and third verses.
[Verse 1]
I'm blue and lonesome as a man can be
I'm blue and lonesome, yeah, as a man can be
I don't have no headache about myself
My love has gone away from me

[Verse 2]
Baby please, baby please come back to me
Baby please, come on home to me
Yeah, my heart is full of misery
Baby, you won't be sweet to me

[Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 3]
Yeah, I'm gonna cast my trouble
Down in the deep blue sea
Yeah, I'm gonna cast my trouble, yeah
Down in the deep blue sea
And the whales and the fishes
Have no fuss over me