1.After All These Years
We've loved each other since we went to school,
But just the same, you're acting cool,
All these years, we've gambled in the game,
To lose you now, would be a shame;
Don't say you don't want me,
Don't say you're going away,
For if you do, it will haunt me,
And you'll be sorry some day;
We've been through all kinds of weather,
Yet we've been happy together,
You said you'd love me forever,
And I believed you were true; yes, I believed in you.
I know I'm going to miss you
When some trouble appears,
I'll long to fondle and kiss you,
And drive away your fears;
Oh, don't you abuse me,
Please don't refuse me,
Say you don't want to lose me,
After all of these years.
Oh, don't abuse me,
Please don't refuse me,
Say you can't stand to lose me,
After all of these years.
2.At the New Jump Steady Ball
[＊＊＊ Note：We are very unsure of many of these words, but the
song is too good to leave out!＊＊＊]
(Delaney - Easton)
Now the Jump Steady Club,
They gave a ball,
And it was held down at the New Hope Hall;
All the bootleggers in the town,
People came from far and near,
To taste the different mixtures that they handled there;
When the jazz band struck up,
You'd be surprised;
Everybody in the hall was google-eyed;
They started serving me gin and wine,
And everything in wood alcohol line,
Chicago pop and all, I declare,
All kinds of hair tonic went around with the dance;
You make a tincture mixed with turpentine,
With black molasses made it stupifying;
Extract of lemon and ginger ale,
Mixes great with shoe polish
And you're bound for jail;
Copasetic was the password for one and all,
At the New Jump Steady Ball!
About twelve o'clock I was feeling fine,
To tell the truth, I was out of my mind;
But just before I lost my head,
I saw them carry six men out dead!
They walked out the window, in the air,
They called for music, but no jazz band was there;
Yet everybody there was pleasure bent;
You could get paralyzed for fifteen cents.
They started serving me gin and wine
And everything in wood alcohol line,
Chicago pop and all, I declare,
All kinds of hair tonic went around with the dance;
You make a tincture mixed with turpentine,
With black molasses made it stupifying
Extract of lemon and ginger ale,
Mixes great with shoe polish
And you're bound for jail;
Copasetic was the password for one and all,
At the New Jump Steady Ball!
3.Bring Me Your Greenbacks
Come all you sheiks, and lovers, too,
Listen to what I'm tellin' you;
I took a resolution New Years Day,
Never to give nothin' away!
So run along and let me be,
'Cause what I've got I'm holdin' for me!
So if you want to be my man,
Bring the greenbacks when you call,
'Cause I've just got enough for myself,
And I can't spare nothing at all!
Don't depend upon your looks and try to get my dough,
I can look at pretty papas in a movie show!
So if you want to be my man,
Bring the greenbacks when you call!
So if you want to be my man,
Bring the greenbacks when you call,
'Cause I've just got enough for myself,
And I can't spare nothing at all!
Don't come askin' me for my money, 'cause it ain't no use,
For all you'll get from me is going to be abuse!
So if you want to be my man,
Bring the greenbacks when you call!
Now, I'll give you a piece of cake, also a piece of pie,
But not a nare piece of flesh, 'cause meat's too high!
So if you want to be my man,
Just bring the greenbacks when you call!
4.Brown Baby
Spoken：Hello, folks, at last I'm back again!
I'm going back to a Tennessee town,
Back on a visit to my coffee brown,
'Way up the river
We will row,
Up and down the levee,
We will go!
I've got some baby waiting for me,
My brown baby in old Tennessee,
When he starts to loving,
That's when he finds,
I'm just crazy about that baby of mine!
Do you suppose I ever will know,
Brown baby!
What he has got
That makes me love him so？
Brown baby!
What about his smile
That almost gets me wild？
He makes a grown-up woman act just like a child;
Brown baby,
Here in old Tennessee!
No farmer's skin's so tan,
But what he's got is all his own,
And he's only got the best;
His eyes are just like midnight,
Best-looking man in town,
And I'll tell you why I'm crazy
About my country brown.
But, do you suppose I ever will know,
Brown baby!
What he has got
That makes me love him so？
Oh, brown baby!
What about his smile
That almost gets me wild？
He makes a grown-up woman act just like a child;
Brown baby, baby!
From old Tennessee.
5.Dinah
Carolina
Gave me Dinah;
I'm the proudest one
Beneath the Dixie sun.
News is spreadin'
'Bout our weddin';
I hear church bells ringin',
Here's the song my heart keeps singin'：
Dinah,
Is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina？
If there is and you know her,
Show her!
Dinah,
With her Dixie eyes blazin',
How I love to sit and gaze in
To the eyes of Dinah Lee!
Yet, every night,
My, how I shake with fright,
Because my Dinah might,
Change her mind about me!
But if Dinah,
Ever wandered to China,
I would hop an ocean liner,
Just to be with Dinah Lee!
Dinah,
Is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina？
If there is and you know her,
Show her!
Dinah,
With her Dixie eyes blazin',
How I love to sit and gaze in
To the eyes of Dinah Lee!
Yet, every night,
My, how I shake with fright,
Because my Dinah might,
Change her mind about me!
But if Dinah,
Ever wandered to China,
I would hop an ocean!,
Just to be with Dinah Lee!
6.Down Home Blues
I never felt
So lonesome before;
My friend has quit me;
He's gone for sure;
He broke my heart,
For I loved him true;
So now I'm worried,
Lonesome and blue.
I've got the blues on my mind,
And I just feel like crying all the time.
Woke up this morning, the day was dawning,
And I was feeling all sad and blue,
I had nobody to tell my troubles to;
I felt so worried,
I didn't know what to do.
But there's no use in grievin', because I'm leavin',
I'm broken-hearted and Dixie-bound;
I been mistreated, ain't got no time to lose.
My train is leaving,
And I got the down-home blues.
Woke up this morning, the day was dawning,
And I was feeling all sad and blue,
Lord, I had nobody to tell my troubles to;
I felt so worried,
I didn't know what to do.
But there's no use in grievin', because I'm leavin',
I'm broken-hearted and Dixie-bound;
Lord, I been mistreated, ain't got no time to lose.
My train is leaving,
And I got the down-home blues.
7.Dying With the Blues
I've lost my happy home;
My baby's told me to pack my trunk and go;
My heart is fairly breaking,
To have to go.
Oh, hon, isn't it a sin,
To drive your poor baby
Out in the sleet and wind？
But he pointed to the door,
And just said, 'Go.'
I'm almost gone insane,
When I hear you, daddy,
You ride moaning like a train;
For there's no other,
Daddy, won't you change.
Oh, hon, I got those blues runnin' through my soul.
Take me back, sweet daddy,
I am going home, daddy;
Why, there's no other
Who can ease my pain.
Oh, hon, I got those blues just runnin' through my soul;
Just take me back, oh, sweet daddy,
Why, I am going home, baby;
For there's no other
Who can ease my pain.
8.Ev'rybody Mess Aroun'
Hmmm, do, do, do, do, do, do,
Doooo!
Where the Swanee River flows,
A dancin' man known as Mose,
Introduced a brand-new dance,
Has the whole town in a trance;
Messin' around, he calls it messin' around!
Child, at a dance the other night,
Someone there turned out the light,
When the lights came on once more,
A brother was behind the door,
Messin' around, busy messin' around!
A deacon called on Sister Brown,
Thought her hubby was out of town,
All the papers said the next day,
The ambulance took his away,
Messin' around, busy messin' around!
Now, old King Solomon was a wise old soul,
Had all the gals under his control,
But if he was alive today,
Sheiks would steal his broads away,
Messin' around, would beat him messin' around!
Why, anyone can learn the knack,
Hands on your hips and nearly break your back,
Stand on one spot, hold it tight,
Twist to the left, and jive to the right,
And believe me, you are messin' around!
Oh, if you can see me now!
9.Georgia Blues
I feel bad,
I feel sad,
But it won't be very long
Before I'll be feeling glad,
I just sigh,
I could die;
I have got Georgia blues,
And I'm just too mean to cry;
I don't live in Boston;
I wasn't born in Maine;
If I don't go to Georgia,
I will surely go insane.
I've got the Georgia blues,
'Cause I've got bad news;
I'm gonna catch a train,
And I ain't gonna stop until I'm home,
Home again;
I'm not satisfied,
Just must take a ride;
Gee, but I'll be happy
With my baby by my side;
Hear that whistle blow,
Now it's time to go,
'Cause the train is waiting,
Got no time to lose,
A certain party that I know
Offered me a ticket to Chicago.
But he can have it, I don't want it,
'Cause I got the Georgia blues.
I've got those Georgia blues,
'Cause I got bad news
I'm gonna catch a train,
And I ain't gonna stop until I'm home, home,
Home again;
I'm not satisfied,
Just must take a ride;
Gee, but I'll be happy
With my sweet daddy by my side;
Hear that whistle blow,
Now it's time to go,
My train is waiting
Got no time to lose,
A party wanted to marry me, way last spring,
Even bought me a brand new diamond ring,
But he can have it, I don't want it,
'Cause I got the Georgia blues.
10.Heebie Jeebies
Say, I've got the heebies,
I mean the jeebies,
Talking about
The dance, the heebie jeebies,
Do, because they're boys,
Because it pleases me to be joy!
Say, don't you know it？
You don't know how, don't be blue,
Someone will teach you;
Come on, and do that dance,
They call the heebie jeebies dance,
Yes, ma'am,
Papa's got the heebie jeebies dance!
Skatting...
Say, come on, now, and do that dance,
They call the heebie jeebies dance,
Sweet mama!
Papa's got to do the heebie jeebies dance!
Spoken：
Wooh! Got the heebie jeebies!
Whatcha doin' with the heebies？
I just have to have the heebies!
11.If You Can't Hold the Man You Love
'My sermon for the Sabbath Day,'
Said Parson Johnson Brown,
'Is going to of interest to every gal in town;
Mandy Lee has done told me
Her man is gone away.
That will be the subject
Which I'll preach about today.'
If you can't hold the man you love,
Don't cry when he's gone;
If you can't keep a good man down,
Don't you carry on!
First I want you gals to know
A little fact I've known,
It takes more than a radio
To keep a man at home!
And some night when you're alone,
Waitin' for the dawn,
Listen, sisters, listen while I warn, doggone：
You can't mail a letter if it isn't stamped,
You can't reform a man, but he can be revamped!
If you can't hold the man you love,
Don't cry when he's gone!
You can't hold a bird unless you feed him seeds,
You can't hold a dog without the bones he needs,
If a monkey don't get peanuts, why, you'll find him gone;
You can't hold a chicken 'less you feed him corn;
You can't hold a seal unless you feed him fish,
You even got to grant a baby's slightest wish,
And just as sure as there's a lord above,
You can't hold a man unless you give him love!
If you can't hold the man you love,
Don't cry when he's gone;
If you can't keep a good man down,
Don't you carry on!
The secret, ladies, is to know
Just what your man desires,
Learn to cultivate the tastes
His appetite requires.
And some night when you're alone,
Waitin' for the dawn,
Listen, sisters, listen while I warn, doggone：
You better get wise, realize the truth!
Keep your home fires burnin' for your flame in you,
If you can't hold the man you love,
Don't cry when he's gone!
I'm preachin',
Don't cry when he's gone!
12.I'm Saving It All For You
I heard a gal named Ruby Roan,
Talkin' on the telephone,
To her lovin' man who'd been away,
From her just a week today;
She said, 'You'd better hurry home,
'Cause your mama's all alone;
She's got to have some lovin', daddy dear,
Let me whisper in your ear!'
Papa, if you want it, you'd better come and get it,
'Cause I'm savin' it all for you.
If you do, sweet papa, you surely won't regret it,
I love you truly, 'deed I do!
Sweet mama's got, just what you need,
It ain't a lot, but it's guaranteed!
So, Papa, if you want it, you'd better come and get it,
'Cause I'm savin' it all for you.
Papa, if you want it, you'd better hurry and get it,
'Cause I'm savin' it all for you.
If you do, sweet papa, you surely won't regret it,
I love you truly, 'deed I do!
Good jellyroll is what I've got,
It might get cold, so get it while it's hot,
To love me, hon, is quite all right,
I'm all alone, I've nothin' on for tonight,
I'm full of vim as a cat's meow,
It's too bad, Jim, if you can please me now,
So, Papa, if you want it, hurry up and get it,
'Cause I'm tryin' to save it all for you.
13.I've Found a New Baby
Everybody look at me,
Happy girlie, you will see,
I've got someone nice, oh, gee!
Oh, joy, what bliss!
Just the treasure that I need,
Pure as gold and guaranteed,
Is he handsome？ Yes, indeed!
Let me tell you this：
I found a new baby,
A sweet honey boy;
My fashion-plate baby
Has thrilled me with joy!
His new way of lovin'
Has made me his slave;
His sweet turtle dovin'
Is all that I crave!
Sweetest kiss, what a kiss, full of bliss, can't resist,
somehow!
Tells me lies, but he's wise, naughty eyes mesmerize, I vow and
how!
I don't mean maybe,
I just had to fall;
I found a new baby,
A new baby, that's all!
I found a new baby,
A sweet honey boy;
My fashion-plate baby
Has thrilled me with joy!
His new way of lovin'
Has made me his slave;
His sweet turtle dovin'
Is all that I crave!
Sweetest kiss, what a kiss, full of bliss, can't resist,
somehow!
Tells me lies, but he's wise, naughty eyes mesmerize, I vow and
how!
I don't mean maybe,
I just had to fall;
I found a new baby,
A new baby, that's all!
14.I Wonder What's Become of Joe
Should old acquaintance be forgot？
I'll tell the world that it should not,
That's why I've got my eyes open,
Lookin' for someone,
And I'm hopin'
You may know the one I mean,
The man I want to find,
'Cause nothin' is and nothin' else will
Be ever on my mind.
I wonder what's become of Joe,
My little Joe;
I'd give all the world to know
Where did he go!
How I'd love to see him
Smilin' again,
Like he used to when
He was my beau; I loved him so dearly!
Wonder if he wonders, too,
Whether I'm gay, or if I am feelin' blue;
What would he say？
Gee, but we were happy,
Not long ago,
I wonder what's become of Joe.
I wonder what's become of Joe,
I'd give all the world to know,
Oh, he used to see me
Once in awhile,
But that once in awhile
Meant more to me than any three others.
Wonder if he wonders, too,
If I'm feelin' kind of blue;
Don't care what's become of last winter's snow,
I just wonder, wonder, what's become of my Joe!
15.Jazzin' Babies Blues
I'm really lonely
For those jazz blues only,
Since I heard those jazzin' babies play them;
Each time I hear them, Lordy, how I weep and moan,
To hear that old slide trombone,
And that moanin' saxaphone!
I feel like weeping,
When I hear those jazz musician babies play; they harmonize
together;
I'd rather hear them than to have a million dollars in my hand,
Jazz baby blues say something that you can understand.
Those jazzin' blues are driving me insane,
There's nothin' to them but that blue refrain;
Don't want no sugar in my tea,
Jazz baby blues are sweet enough for me.
For when the band starts jazzin'
People's feet are on a spree.
Each time I hear those blues I want to scream,
To hear the clarinet and that violin,
Just let that piano man jazz and strum,
Oh, it makes me think of the good things that my sweet daddy's
done,
'Cause when the band starts jazzin'
Play 'em 'til the stock man comes.
Now, wouldn't that good music drive you insane,
There's nothing to them but that blue refrain,
When that cornetist's blues begins to play,
Oh, it makes me get up and throw my little self away,
Just play those good old jazzin' baby blues all night and day!
16.Kind Lovin' Blues
Sometimes I wonder,
Oftimes I ponder,
Why no one cares for me.
I'm one girl lonely,
All by my only,
What I long for is company,
But with all my pleading,
No one takes me seriously.
Some people doubt me,
Folks talk about me,
Just to down my name,
Although Eve was the first to sin,
That don't say all women's the same,
But we must suffer, and oftimes bear the blame.
All I want is real fine lovin',
Someone to whisper lovin' words to me,
For I've been neglected,
Down-right rejected,
Won't some sweet daddy hear my plea？
Once let me love him, he'll like it I will guarantee!
So, now it's up to some kind daddy,
One who is game enough to take a chance,
He'll not regret it,
Be glad to get it,
But he'll sleep good to fine lovin'
Because I've got those kind lovin' blues.
So now it's up to some kind daddy,
One who is game enough to take a chance,
Lord, he'll not regret it,
Be glad to get it,
But he'll sleep good to kind lovin'
Papa, mama, got those kind lovin' blues!
17.Kiss Your Baby Nice
Look, boy, your cockamamy style,
Why, it just gets me going when I see you smile;
Why are you so pleasing？
Oh, but you're teasing,
With your smiling and your winning way,
Me, I don't like it when you fool and play,
But I just simply have to have my way;
Now, I want some lovin'
And some huggin',
So here is what I've got to say：
Oh, when I ask you for a kiss,
Just do it nice,
Don't make your baby cry and ask for it twice;
Those wonderful sips
From your honey lips,
Why, it gives me such a feeling to my fingertips;
I just got a buzzin' when I look at you;
I lose my sense and manner, too,
Why, you're so appealing,
It sets me reeling,
And starts me raving,
And has me saying;
Come kiss your pretty baby twice,
Come kiss your pretty baby nice!
Now, when I ask you for a kiss,
Oh, come and do it nice,
Don't make your baby cry and ask for it twice;
Why, those wonderful sips
From your honey lips,
Why, it gives me such a tricky sensation to my fingertips;
I just got a buzzin' when I look at you;
I lose my sense, and my manner, too,
Why, you're so appealing,
It sets me reeling,
Starts me raving,
And has me saying;
Come kiss your pretty baby twice,
Come, darling, kiss your pretty baby nice!
18.Loud Speaking Papa
Lucy Lee from Tennessee,
Went and bought a radio set;
She also had a household pet,
The loudest-speakin' papa I've heard yet;
He talked tough, acted rough,
And he strutted terribly proud,
He'd rave and shout out loud;
He always sounded like a crowd;
One night he bawled her out about her radio,
This made Miss Lucy angry and she told him so.
She said：
Loud-speakin' papa, you better speak easy to me;
Someday you'll shout and then no doubt,
I'm gonna turn your dial and tune you out,
'Cause I don't have to listen to your noise and din.
There's plenty other stations I can tune right in,
So loud-speakin' papa, you better speak easy to me!
Get what I'm saying：
You better speak easy to me!
You listening now to station WIFE,
Your mama is announcin', listen carefully：
If you get mama angry, as sure as you're born,
I'm gonna twist your aerial, and bust your horn;
I don't like your broadcastin' anyhow,
Your program's gettin' stale; it's full of static now;
You know your mama's got an awful powerful set,
And there ain't nothin' nowhere that I can't get!
So loud-speakin' papa, you'd better speak easy to me!
Someday you'll shout and then no doubt,
I'm gonna turn your dial and tune you out,
I've got a strong suspicion that you cannot last,
'Cause you're wearin' out your storage batteries mighty fast,
So loud-speakin' papa, you'd better speak easy to me,
Pipe down, sailor! you'd better speak easy to me!
19.Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Who's there？
It's me, honey!
Get away from that door, get away from there!
Cruel daddy, please let me in.
Say, broad, you got any money？
I ain't got a cent to my name.
Get away from there! Get away from there!
Daddy, I'm so hungry I been out in the front yard eatin' that
short grass.
Well, broad, that's too bad, really too bad you been out in the
front yard eatin' that short grass. Go in the back yard where
it's longer.
Um-hmm, that's all right. Remember, I knew you when you couldn't
eat, and you wasn't sick. So won't you listen to what I've got
to say？
Well, hurry up, broad, I ain't got but a few minutes!
I've roamed this town
Till my feet are sore;
I'm out and down,
That's why I'm at your door.
Won't you take me back, please, honey, do.
But if you don't want me no more,
Here's all I ask of you：
Don't drive me, honey, from your door,
Just make me a pallet on the floor;
Why, any kind of bed, so I can rest my weary head;
Oh, please take me in your arms once more.
I'm just a lonesome rollin' stone,
So tired of being all alone,
If it's for only one night, please, I ask you on my knees,
To make me a pallet on the floor.
20.Maybe Not At All
Jim Johnson took me home last night,
'Twas the first time that we'd met,
He claimed to be a small-town sheik,
And all his jive he bet,
He rest his hat and coat and said, 'Here I'll stay.'
But his feathers fell when he heard me say：
Not on the first night, baby!
Ain't knowed you long enough!
Don't you think you're kind of hasty
To pull that kind of stuff!
Don't slam my front door, please, when you go out,
Just because there was nothin' doin' what you was thinkin'
about,
Not on the first night, baby!
Or maybe not at all!
Maybe not at all!
Now, if Miss Clara Smith would sing the same song：
Not on the first night, baby!
Sweet Mama Clara ain't knowed you long enough!
Why, don't you think you're kind of hasty,
Just to pull that kind of stuff!
Run round the block, hot papa, and get yourself some air,
This ain't no seaport, daddy, don't you try to anchor in here!
Because not on the first night, baby!
Or maybe not at all!
I say, maybe not at all!
I'm gettin' ready for the Empress, Miss Bessie Smith, lord!
Not on the first night, babe!
Ain't knowed you long enough!
Don't you think you kind of hasty
To pull that kind of stuff!
Be yourself, kind mister, that's no way to act,
Let my doorknob hit you in the middle of your back!
Not on the first night, baby!
Or maybe not at all!
I said, maybe not at all!
21.Memphis Man
Down home,
A little cabin,
And a soft
Little rabbit.
Memphis Man comes knockin' at the door.
Knocked like nobody ever knocked before.
If you know why, you should let him in,
'Cause he's so different when loving begins.
Memphis Man,
The lovingest man I know,
Loves you like you've never been loved before.
Love you while he's talking, love you while he sings,
Biggest eyes and hands and a few other things.
If you want to please me, love me like a Memphis Man.
Why, a Memphis Man knows more about lovin'than the rest.
He loves you just where it feels the best;
Love you when he's working, love you when he plays,
He could write a book on his loving ways.
If you want to please me, love me like a Memphis Man.
22.Midnight Blues
Daddy, Daddy, please come back to me!
Daddy, Daddy, please come back to me!
Your mama's lonesome as she can be.
You left at midnight,
Clock was striking twelve,
Papa, you left me at midnight,
When the clock was striking twelve,
To face this cruel world all by myself.
Woke up at midnight, sad and blue;
Missed my daddy from my side,
Left alone to bemoan my fate;
That's why I'm sighin', crying;
I just can't refuse.
I feel so troubled, heart-broken, too;
Woe and misery I can't hide,
At twelve o' clock, I unlock my hate,
I get the meanest kind of
Lonesome midnight blues.
I feel so troubled, heart-broken, too;
Woe and misery I can't hide,
At twelve o' clock, I unlock my hate,
I get the meanest kind of
Lonesome midnight blues.
Those lonesome midnight blues.
23.My Handy Man
Whoever said a good man was hard to find,
Postively, absolutely sure was blind;
I found the best that ever was,
Here's just some of the things he does：
He shakes my ashes, greases my griddle,
Churns my butter, strokes my fiddle;
My man is such a handy man!
He threads my needle, creams my wheat,
Heats my heater, chops my meat;
My man is such a handy man!
Don't care if you believe or not,
He sure is good to have around;
Why, when my furnace gets too hot,
He's right there to turn my damper down!
For everything he's got a scheme;
You ought to see his new starter that he uses on my machine;
My man is such a handy man!
He flaps my flapjacks, cleans off the table, He feeds the horses
in my stable; My man is such a handy man!
He's God's gift!
Sometimes he's up long before dawn,
Busy trimming the rough edges off my lawn;
Oooh, you can't get away from it! He's such a handy man!
Never has a single thing to say,
While he's working hard;
I wish that you could see the way
He handles my front yard!
My ice don't get a chance to melt away,
He sees that I get that old fresh piece every day;
Lord, that man sure is such a handy man!
24.No Man's Mamma
You may wonder what's the reason
For this great big smile;
Say, I haven't been so happy
In the longest while!
Got a big load off my mind,
Here's the papers, sealed and signed;
And the judge was nice and kind,
All through the trial.
This ends the five-year war,
I'm sweet Miss Waters once more!
I can come when I please, I can go when I please,
I can flit, fly and flutter like the birds in the trees,
Because I'm no man's mamma now!
Hey, hey!
I can say what I like, I can do what I like,
I'm a gal who is on a matrimonial strike;
Which means, I'm no man's mamma now!
I'm screamin', 'There, I know how
A fella feels gettin' out of jail,'
I've got twin beds,
But I take pleasure in announcin' one's for sale!
Am I makin' it plain？ I will never again
Drag around another ball and chain!
I'm through,
Because, I'm no man's mamma now!
I can smile, I can wink, I can go take a drink,
And I don't have to worry what my hubby will think!
Because, I'm no man's mamma now!
Get it fixed!
I can spend if I choose, I can play and sing the blues,
There's nobody messing with my ones and my twos,
Because, I'm no man's mamma now!
You know that there was a time
I used to think that men were grand,
But no more for mine,
I've gone and labeled my apartment
'No Man's Land!'
I got rid of my cat, 'cause my cat's name was Pat,
Won't even have a mailbox in my flat!
Because, I'm no man's mamma now!
25.Oh, Daddy
Just like a flower, I am fading away,
The doctor calls to see me 'most every day,
But he don't do me no good;
Why？
Because I'm longing for you.
And if you care for me,
You will listen to my plea：
Oh, Daddy, look what you're doing, look what you're doing!
Oh, Daddy!
You with you fooling;
Think what you're losing,
Oh, all the little lovings that I gave for you,
It's going to make you feel awfully blue,
When you miss me and long to kiss me,
You'll regret the day that you ever quit me.
Oh, Daddy,
Think when you're all alone,
Why, you'll want me, just wait and see,
But there'll be someone else making love to me!
Then, Daddy! Daddy! You won't have no lover at all.
Oh, Daddy, look what you're doing, look what you're doing!
Oh, Daddy,
You with your fooling,
Think what you're losing,
All the little lovings that I gave for you;
It's going to make you feel awfully blue,
When you miss me and long to kiss me,
You'll regret the day that you ever quit me.
Oh, Daddy,
Think when you're all alone,
Why, you'll want me, just wait and see,
But there'll be someone else making love to me!
Then, Daddy! Daddy! You won't have no lover at all.
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Just like a flower, why, I'm fading away,
The doctor calls to see me 'most every day,
But he don't do me no good.
Why？
Because I'm lonesome for you.
And if you care for me,
Then you will listen to my plea.
Oh, Daddy! Look what you're doing!
Look what you're doing!
Oh, Daddy! You with your foolin',
Think what you're losin',
All the little love I gave you,
Is going to make you feel so awfully blue,
When you miss me and long to kiss me,
You'll curse the day that you ever quit me.
Oh, Daddy, think when you're all alone;
You'll just want me, just wait and see,
But there will be someone else making love to me!
Then Daddy, Daddy, you won't have no mama at all.
Oh, Daddy! Look what you're doing!
Look what you're doing!
Oh, Daddy! You and your foolin',
Think what you're losin',
All the little love I gave you.
Is going to make me feel so awfully blue,
When you miss me and long to kiss me,
You'll curse the day that you ever quit me.
Oh, Daddy, think when you're all alone,
You know that you are getting old,
You'll miss the way I baked your jellyroll!
Then, Daddy! Daddy! You won't have no mama at all.
26.Oh, Joe, Play That Trombone
I've got the sweetest man
Who plays the trombone in a band;
Lordy, lordy, lordy he's the nicest man what am.
I get so giddy when he starts to play,
Feel like I could just throw myself away.
When he makes that trombone go wow, wow, wow,
I feel myself a-slippin',
And I holler out：
Oh, Joe!
Play that trombone, Joe!
Play that trombone,
It makes me crazy when you throw it up high,
And when you bring it down it really starts to sigh.
You know,
It makes me happy, Joe,
Now make it snappy.
'Cause when you start to jazz I get a feeling from the start,
It gives me such an itching and a twitching
Round my heart.
I never knew I loved you till you made it moan,
Now, Joe! Joe! Play the trombone!
Oh, Joe,
Play that trombone, Joe!
Play that trombone,
It makes me crazy when you throw it up high,
And when you bring it down it really starts to sigh.
You know,
It makes me happy, Joe,
So make it snappy.
'Cause when you start to jazz
I get a feeling from the start,
It gives me such an itching and a twitching
Round my heart.
I never knew I loved you till you made it moan,
Now, Joe, Joe, Joe!
Play the trombone!
27.One Man Nan
One-Man Nan, a gal from Alabam,
Never loved but Good Man Sam,
Good Man Sam slipped off the levee one day;
He fell into the river, then he faded away;
When One-Man Nan got the news,
She started down the road and sang these weary blues：
I'm going down to the levee
Where the water's heavy,
Gonna find my good man Sam,
I made a vow when I got him,
That I'd never drop him,
When he was in a jam.
Somebody told of Sam's sinkin',
That's my cup,
It's gonna be my place to pick him up.
I'm going down to the levee
Where the water's heavy,
Gonna find my good man Sam.
One-Man Nan,
Levee-bound,
Keeps slip-sloppin' on the ground,
Ripped up trees,
Roots and all,
Just like a cannon ball;
She outran her shadow,
Left it far behind,
Got it runnin' sideways
Just to keep from flyin',
Folks for miles round about,
Heard old Nanny shout：
I'm going down to the levee
Where the water's heavy,
Gonna find my good man Sam,
I made a vow when I got him,
That I'd never drop him,
When he was in a jam.
Somebody told of Sam's sinkin',
That's my cup,
It's gonna be my place to pick him up.
I'm going down to the levee
Where the water's heavy,
Gonna find my good man Sam.
28.Refrigeratin' Papa (Mama's Gonna Warm You Up)
I'm gonna tell you, folks, all about
A certain red-hot gal;
She runs an institute in the South
For all her polar pals;
She teaches papas who treat her cool,
They're always hot when they leave her school;
But she's got a secret she won't let out,
But I just heard her shout：
Refrigeratin' papa, Mama's gonna make you hot,
Yes, make you hot!
Refrigeratin' papa, heat is something you ain't got,
No, you ain't got!
A red-hot papa's nice and warm,
But cold ones don't run true to form;
I always make a papa what he's got,
I change a frigid papa to a hottentot!
Refrigeratin' papa, Mama's gonna warm you up!
Yes, warm you up!
'Cause when it comes to lovin',
I win most every lovin' cup,
For lovin' up;
I had a papa once so cold he nearly froze,
But Mama made him holler, 'Please, burn up my clothes!'
Refrigeratin' papa, Mama's gonna make you hot!
Refrigeratin' papa, Mama's gonna make you hot!
Yes, make you hot!
Refrigeratin' papa, heat is what I like a lot!
Yes, like a lot!
I'm gonna teach you from the start,
That you can't trifle with my heart;
You'll have to learn the fundamental facts,
Or else your mama's gonna pile you up in stacks.
Refrigeratin' papa, Mama's gonna warm you up!
Yes, warm you up!
'Cause when it comes to lovin',
I win most every lovin' cup,
For lovin' up;
I hate the kind of man who always aggravates,
I make their hearts of stone begin to palpitate!
Refrigeratin' papa, Mama's gonna make you hot!
Red hot!
29.Satisfyin' Papa
Lucy Brown, lived uptown,
In a four-room flat,
I mean, she's a high brown queen,
Don't ever wear no hat,
Lovin' Dan is her man;
Boy, he's up-to-date,
But here is what she said to him
Last night when he came in late：
Satisfyin' Papa, be yourself,
Satisfyin' Papa, no one else
Knows how to satisfy me; can't you see,
Your way of lovin' suits me to a T;
Satisfyin' Papa, you're so kind,
Men like you are doggone hard to find,
If you leave me, I'll be blue;
Don't mistreat me, if you do,
Someday, wait and see,
You'll come beggin' me,
To take your love off the shelf,
Satisfyin' Papa, be yourself!
Last winter, in the snow,
Everybody in town know,
Every day, rain or shine,
I sure did make time;
I give you every cent
To buy clothes and pay the rent,
You always had your way;
Don't blame me when I say：
You know a good gal is hard to find,
You know you think that love is blind,
Someday, wait and see,
You'll come beggin' me,
To take your love off the shelf.
Satisfyin' Papa, be yourself!
30.Shake That Thing
Down in Georgia, got a dance that's new,
Ain't nothin' to it, it's easy to do,
Called 'Shake That Thing,'
Oh, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!
Now, the old folks start doin' it, the young folks, too,
But the old folks learn the young ones what to do,
About shakin' that thing,
Ah, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!
Now, Grandpapa Johnson grabbed Sister Kate,
He shook her like you shake jelly on a plate,
How he shook that thing,
Oh, he shook that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!
Why, there's old Uncle Jack, the jellyroll king,
He's got a hump in his back from shakin' that thing,
Yet, he still shakes that thing,
For an old man, how he can shake that thing!
And he never gets tired of tellin' young folks： go out and shake
that thing!
Now, it ain't no Charleston, ain't no Pigeon Wing,
Nobody has to give you no lessons, to shake that thing,
When everybody can shake that thing,
Oh, I mean, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' tired of telling you how to shake that thing!
Oooh, oooh, with this kind of music, who wouldn't shake that
thing？
31.Sugar
Have you heard
What I've done,
Found a word,
Just the one,
That takes the place of one I used to call
Baby doll!
It ain't new,
It ain't old,
But if you'll do
What you're told,
You'll find the answer if you take a look
In Mr. Webster's dictionary book.
The name is sugar!
I call my baby my sugar,
That is the reason why, maybe,
That sugar baby is mine!
I'm shoutin' 'bout him,
Funny, he doesn't spend any money,
All he can lend me is honey,
That he can send anytime!
I'd make a million trips
To his lips,
If I were a bee,
'Cause they are sweeter
Than any candy to me!
That's why I'm sighin';
Sugar!
I get my taffy from sugar!
What's more, I'm daffy 'bout sugar,
That sugar baby of mine!
My sugar's so refined,
You can't find
None like him in town;
To make it more complete
He's so sweet and so brown,
He's special ration,
Sugar,
Knows I'm just sweet on my sugar,
No, I won't cheat on my sugar,
That sugar baby of mine!
32.Sweet Georgia Brown
She just got here yesterday,
Things are hot here now, they say;
There's a big change in town.
Gals are jealous, there's no doubt;
Still, the fellows rave about
Sweet, sweet Georgia Brown!
And ever since she came,
The colored folks all claim, 'Say,'
No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown,
Two left feet, oh, so neat,
Has Sweet Georgia Brown!
They all sigh, and want to die,
For Sweet Georgia Brown!
I'll tell you just why,
You know I don't lie, not much：
It's been said
She knocks 'em dead,
When she lands in town!
Since she came,
Why it's a shame,
How she cools them down!
Fellows she can't get
Are fellows she ain't met!
Georgia claimed her, Georgia named her,
Sweet Georgia Brown!
No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown,
Two left feet, oh, so neat,
Has Sweet Georgia Brown!
They all sigh, and want to die,
For Sweet Georgia Brown!
I'll tell you just why,
You know I don't lie; not much：
All those gifts some courters give,
To Sweet Georgia Brown,
They buy clothes at fashion shows,
With one dollar down,
Oh, boy! Tip your hat!
Oh, joy! She's the cat!
Who's that, Mister？
'Tain't a sister!
Sweet Georgia Brown!
33.Sweet Man
TNT, gasoline,
Even nitroglycerine,
Ain't got the kick of kisses I get now,
From my honey!
Tried to call him a name,
But they all seem much too tame,
Why's he's so blamed cute-like,
No name suits my...
Sweet man!
My sweeter than sweet man,
The steppin'est feet man,
And that isn't all!
Dancin'
I claim is just one of my charms,
When I'm in his arms,
I yell like, well, I've more to tell about...
Sweet man!
That pleasure-to-meet man,
My candy-receipt man,
He taught me to smile!
One kiss from his red lips,
Sends my conscience off a cliff!
My sweet man is drivin' me wild!
Now, sweet man!
My heaven complete man!
My couldn't-be-beat man!
You haven't half heard,
He's true as I could expect him to be,
He sees only me!
It's true, I know, because he told me so!
Sweet man!
So tidy and neat, man!
My hotter-than-heat man,
With oceans of style,
He works so doggone fast,
I'm like a woman with a past,
My sweet man is drivin' me wild!
34.Tell 'Em About Me
At the railroad station,
My heart was filled with pain,
My best pal, his best gal,
Got tickets for the evening train!
While thinkin' of Mammy and old Uncle Ned,
As I stepped to the gate, I said：
Tell 'em about me, brown baby,
When you reach Tennessee,
In the town where I'm longing to be.
More than few hungry hearts,
Longing for those southern parts,
Wish they had what it takes to go home!
Every chick, every child,
Greets you with a welcome smile,
So in the wake of your good times, think of me!
'Cause what goes up must come down,
Soon I'll be Dixie-bound.
When you reach Tennessee,
Tell 'em about me!
What goes up must come down,
Soon I'll be Dixie-bound.
When you reach Tennessee,
Tell 'em about me!
35.That Da Da Strain
Have you heard it, have you heard it,
That Da Da Strain？
It will shake you, it will make you
Really go insane.
Everybody's full of pep,
Makes you watch your every step.
Every prancer, every dancer,
Starts to lay 'em down,
Everybody when they hear it
Starts to buzzing 'round;
I get crazy as a loon,
When everybody hums this tune：
Da-Da, Da-Da,
Da-Da, Da-Da,
Because the feeling
Sets your brain a-reeling;
Just like you're falling,
When everybody starts to
Da-Da, Da-Da,
Da-Da, Da-Da,
I want to do it once again,
I'm simply wild about that Da-Da, Da-Da Strain!
Oh, Da-Da Da-Da
Da-Da Da-Da,
Because this feeling
Sets your brain a'reeling,
Just like you're falling,
When everybody starts to Da-Da, Da-Da, Da, Da-Da
I want to do it once again,
I'm simply wild about the Da-Da, Da-Da Strain.
Da, Da-Da, Da-Da,
Da-Da, Da-Da,
Da-Da, Da-Da,
Because that feeling
Sets your brain a-reeling.
Just like you're falling,
Oh, Da-Da, Da-Da,
Da-Da, Da-Da,
I wanna do it once again,
I'm simply wild about that
Da-Da, Da-Da Strain!
36.The New York Glide
Everybody's going crazy
About the different dances of the day;
Everybody in this whole entire world
Is trying to learn the dance and sway;
Here's one dance you ought to learn,
It's something simply grand;
Now folks, it is so simple
Anyone can understand.
And if you'll take a chance,
I'll show you how to do this dance：
Just grab your partner
'Round the waist,
Hook her lightly
In her place,
Just lay back and do the shimaree,
Buzz up to your baby like a bumblebee.
Then lay back and do that eagle rock;
Please, professor, don't you ever stop,
Swing your partner, then you slide;
That's the New York Glide!
You can all have your tickle toe,
I mean, that's a dance you can do,
But if you should once see this dance,
I know that you would be amused;
Anywhere you hear this tune,
It sneaks up on your mind;
And if you love good music,
Why, you're going to keep in time;
And when you hear that band,
You'll say this dance is simply grand!
Just grab your partner
'Round the waist,
Pull her lightly
In her place;
Just lay back and do the shimaree;
Buzz up to your baby like a bumblebee.
Then lay back and do that eagle rock;
Please professor, don't you ever stop;
Swing your partner, then you slide;
That's the New York Glide!
37.There'll Be Some Changes Made
They say don't change the old for the new;
But I've found out that this will never do;
When you grow old, you don't last long,
You're just here, my honey, then you're gone;
I loved a man for many years gone by,
I thought his love for me would never die;
He made a change and said I would not do,
So now I'm going to make some changes, too.
Why, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the
sea,
So from now on there'll be a change in me,
My walk will be be different, my talk, and my name,
Nothing about me's going to be the same;
I'm gonna change my long tall one for a little short 'n fat,
I'm gonna change my number that I'm living at;
Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray.
There's gonna be some changes made today,
There'll be some changes made.
Why, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the
sea,
So from now on there'll be a change in me,
Why, my walk will be be different, and my talk, and my name,
Nothing about me gonna be the same;
I'm gonna change my way of living, and that ain't no shock,
Why, I'm thinking of changin' the way I gotta set my clock,
Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray.
There's gonna be some changes made today,
There'll be some changes made.
38.Throw Dirt In Your Face
There's a gal in town named Liza Jones,
And every now and then,
She says her daily occupation
Is stealin' other women's men!
I ain't no bobbed-haired bandit,
I'm just a good gal from the South,
And if she fools with my man,
She might as well stick her head in the lion's mouth!
'Cause what it takes to black her eyes,
Sweet mama's got it!
What it takes to make her bid this world good-bye,
I've got that, too!
If I ever catch her arms around my man's neck,
As sure as there's a sun,
Next time she goes to buy new gloves,
She'll only have to buy just one!
I don't believe in that old two-time stuff,
I'm a one-time mama myself,
So she better leave my sweet man alone,
While she's enjoyin' good health!
'Cause the undertaker man and me
Has found a found a beautiful place,
To park the body of the gal that steals my man,
And throw sand in her face!
Why, I'll lend you my coat, I'll lend you my hat,
I'll lend you my dough no matter where I'm at,
Why, I'll lend you 'most anything I can,
But please don't ask me for my man!
If you take my man from me,
Prepare yourself for a long journey,
'Cause no druggist ever kept a pill,
That will cure you any quicker than I will!
So, please don't mess 'round with my man,
If you do, all I've got to say,
They'll know exactly where to find you at,
On every Decoration Day!
39.You Can't Do What My Last Man Did
Listen, daddy mine, what do you want of me？
I've been just as good as can be;
Now the love I had for you has turned to hate;
You don't appreciate,
So, Daddy, there's the gate.
You can't do what my last man did.
Boss me 'round, and treat me like he did,
I'm wise to what you'd like to do,
So from now on, let me miss you,
I weep and pine all the time,
While you show off with friends of mine!
My last man tried to drag me down,
But he was one good man to have around;
But when the clock on the wall strikes half past three,
I want all the things you took from me,
'Cause you can't do what my last man did.
Early this morning, you wanted to fight,
'Cause you heard I cabareted last night,
Tried to take my money, and pawn my flat,
Now you've worn the welcome clean off my mat.
'Cause you can't do what my last man did：
Hold me tight, treat me right, every night;
I'd love you if you only did,
Every night, treat me right, hold me tight,
You're mighty old to be so bold,
And I can't stand a man that's cold,
Why you can't love me sufficiently,
To make me forget my used-to-be.
He could love like a lover should,
Always could, when he would, he was good,
You've lost your nest, go east or west, but go, just go
Now that last cruel papa, he blacked my eye,
Then left me alone to sigh and cry,
But you can't do what that last man did.
40.You'll Want Me Back
I am lonesome, gee, I am blue;
I'm dissatisfied;
If you leave me, what must I do？
Tell me why you lied!
After all I've been to you
Please don't go away;
Someday you will feel this way, too,
Mark these words I say：
You'll want me back when I won't want you;
You'll miss my hugs and these sweet kisses, too;
I never thought you would treat me this way;
You may go now, but you'll be sorry someday!
You'll want me back just as sure as fate,
You'll miss me when it's too late,
But when you return, I will have someone new;
You'll want me back when I won't want you!
Oh, you'll want me back when I won't want you;
You'll soon find out what I say is true;
Why did you make me leave my old home town？
Now you found someone new and don't want me around!
You'll want me back and it won't be so long,
I know you'll think of me when things start to go wrong,
But you go your way, from now on, I am through!
You'll want me back when I really won't want you!
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