cab calloway Profile
Singles
Just take a look at Harlem after sundown,
Any time you choose;
It's hard to find the people feeling run-down;
There's no time for blues.
If you don't know just what to really do
Just take a walk along the avenue;
You'll hear the sounds come a-floatin' through
Along about midnight.
They close the windows and they dim the light
To hide their doings from a stranger's sight;
Everything is going ri...
Chicken, nice fried chicken
Barbecue chicken, won't you send it down the line?
Say everyone's talking 'bout chicken
Chicken's a popular word
But anywhere you go, you're bound to find
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird
Some folks call it a fowl
That's the story I heard
But let 'em call it this and let 'em call it that
A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird
You can boil it, roast it, broil it
Cook i...
Greer-Robinson
Transcribed from Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, recorded October 21, 1931.
From Cab Calloway and His Orchestra 1931-1932; The Chronogical Classics 526
Poor me, I ain't got a gal in this town,
All of them turned me down,
'Cause I ain't got a gal in this town.
Eee-eee-eee...
All yellows and browns,
All of them turned me down,
'Cause I ain't got a gal in this town.
Boo-hoo, you he...
Robins in the tree top high
Soon will sing a lullaby
Angeline, Angeline
Bashful little whippoorwills
Can?t you hear them say, "I will"
Angeline, Angeline
The crickets in the meadows
The deer in the woods
I know it?s time for singin? in the rain
Until you make up your mind
I?ll try to be good, babe
How long must I wait?
Can?t you see my heart?s a flame?
Don?t you know that you?re to blame?
Say ...
Calloway, Palmer, Clark
Transcribed from vocals by Cab Calloway and chorus, recorded January 16, 1941,
From Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, 1940-1941; Chronological Classics 629.
Do you come on like Shorty George and me?
Just speel some jive, we'll dig you out, you see.
Well, all reet
Are you ready?
Yes, we're ready, Joe
Jumping steady?
Jumping steady, Joe
You look solid, Joe,
All I want to kn...
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Cab Calloway
Transcribed from Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, recorded May 21, 1936.
From Cab Calloway and His Orchestra 1934-1937; The Chronogical Classics 554.
Are you in love with me, dear?
Are you in love with me again?
Love, I must have near, dear,
If love stays til the end.
I still love you so true,
You'll never, never make me blue
Oh, are you in love with me, dear?
Are you in love with ...
I found my love in Avalon
Beside a bay;
I left my love in Avalon,
And sailed away;
I dream of her and Avalon
From dusk 'til dawn;
So I think I'll travel on,
Way on to Avalon.
Aw, you dog, you dirty dog,
You better stop your sniffing around like that;
I know just what you're driving at
Aw, you dog, you dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty dog,
You sniffing, snapping, yipping, yapping,
Aw, you dog
Say, they got the news all over town,
You and my wife been running 'round,
Stop it 'fore I mow you down,
Aw, you dog
Deacon Green's been talking, too,
He said that he saw you
...
I've got the blues,
I feel so lonely;
I'd give the world
If I could only
Make you understand;
It truly would be grand.
I'm gonna telephone my baby,
Ask him won't you please come home.
Oh, when you gone
I'm worried all day long.
Baby, won't you please come home?
Baby, won't you please come home?
I have tried in vain
Nevermore to call your name.
When you left you broke my heart,
That will never ...
I don't want you but I hate to lose you
You got me in between the devil and the deep blue sea
I forgive you 'cause I can't forget you
You've got me in between the devil and the deep blue sea
I want to cross you off my list
When you come a-knocking at my door
Fate seems to give my heart a twist
And I come running back for more
I should hate you but I guess, I love you
You've got me in between t...
Down in Louisiana
There's a grand piano-playing man;
He knows that they can't kid him
'Cause he's got hot rhythm in his hand.
The blues that he'll compose will thrill you
From your head to your toes.
He called his song quot;Black Rhythm,quot;
'Cause his black hands did it 'neath the moon,
The keys he plays on sweetly,
And you're left completely in a swoon.
The melancholy strum
Mixed with the r...
He isn?t hep to jive, he?s only half alive
Hep cats call him square
You won?t believe this jack
All his clothes date back
To ?29 I swear
He wears a blue serge suit with a belt in the back
No drape, no shape, just a belt in the back
Strictly calm and he?s off the cob
Wears a pocket watch with a pearly fob
He?d be just as sharp in a sack
As in the blue serge suit with the belt in the back
He isn...
What can I do
Now that you say we're through?
I'm left with the blues in my heart.
How can I smile
When love don't seem worthwhile?
I'm left with the blues in my heart.
How can I live?
What is there life can give
As long as we're apart?
How can I go on
Knowing that you are gone?
I'm left with the blues in my heart.
There's a cabin in the southland
Where I long to go,
Little cabin in the cotton,
Where the cotton grows.
There's a cabin in the cotton,
Far away but not forgotten,
And in every recollection,
That's where my affection strays.
I got a feeling so sentimental
And I see a smile so gentle,
When I think of old Virginnie
And my pickaninny days.
We took the good and we took the evil,
Laughter and song ...
Intro
Hello railroad, is this the railroad?
I want a one-way ticket down to Tennessee
I'm leavin' immediately
Chattanooga here I come
Pardon me, boy,
Is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
Track twenty-nine,
Boy, you can give me a shine.
I can afford
To board a Chattanooga Choo-Choo;
I've got my fare
And just a trifle to spare.
You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four;
Read a mag...
You can do most anything, but whatever you do,
There's only one thing, you gotta have Chinese rhythm
You can see sing and dance and play 'most anything you choose,
There's only one thing, you gotta have Chinese rhythm
There's rhythm in love songs, rhythm in blues,
There's rhythm in almost anything you do.
When the moon is bright and you're making love,
There's only one thing, you gotta have Ch...
Copper colored gal of mine,
I love you 'cause you're so divine,
Say you'll always be my clinging vine,
Copper, copper, copper, copper colored gal of mine
You've done something to my heart,
You've upset my applecart,
Tell me, honey, when the moon will shine,
Copper colored gal of mine
Oh, gee, sweet as can be,
You're aces with me,
I mean, aces high,
Me, oh my
You know why
Come on, honey, name t...
This is what I have from the life record recorded during Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw Poland in 1974
quot;Corinne, Corinna why where you've been so long
Tell me Corinna why where you've been so long
I haven't had no lovin' since you've been gone
I love Corinna, I tell you where I do
Well, I love Corinna, I tell you where I do
Well, I hope some day ....... ? Canda love me too
Corinne, Corinna where ...
When the days are sad and long,
I just keep wandering on,
To the place I hear a call,
Because the one I love is there;
Back to the fields of cotton
To hear a Creole love song.
Listen good folks:
It isn't alcohol,
No yaller gal at all,
Thrill me, thrill me with the pep I've got
I got a pair of feet that have found that lowdown beat,
Lowdown, down around, the spot that's hot,
Have no peace with losing' my lease on livin',
Here's the how, I'm tellin' you now, to givin
Make 'em play that crazy thing again,
I've got to do that lazy swing again,
Hi-ho, doin' the new lowdo...
Gather round,
You get a thrill in your feet
That'll never be beat
When you're doin' the rhumba
Hit the ground
You'll find that everything shakes,
What a difference it makes
When you're doin' the rhumba
Don't you stop,
Spin around again like a top
What a dance,
Begin learning it now,
You'll be happy somehow,
When you're doin' the rhumba
Take a chance,
Down in the valley they say,
Darkies wiggle...
You've got me on the go,
Running to and fro,
Looking high and low;
I don't know if I'm comin' or goin'
Since I fell for you
Now 'round about the town,
Chasing you up and down,
Tagging you all around;
I don't know if I'm comin' or goin'
Since I fell for you
You're so busy, oh, keeping up with all your love affairs;
I'm so dizzy, I've got trouble, I'm seeing double
Just when I think you're throu...
Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you
I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too; I've got those down-hearted blues;
Once I was crazy 'bout a man; he mistreated me all the time,
The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days,
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days;
It seems like trouble going to follow me to my ...
Evening breezes hum their lullaby
there?'s a million candles in the sky
I put on my sunday suit of blue
Emaline, just for you
Now I?'m standing at your garden gate
and the village clock is striking eight
hurry up
hurry down
honey, don?'t be late
Can?'t you hear my heart
whisper through your window
Emaline
don?'t you think that it?'s about time
for me and you to meet
Have you told your friends,...
Evenin',
Every night you come and you find me,
Must you always come and remind me,
That my gal is gone.
Hurry, evenin',
Don't you see I'm deep in your power,
Every minute seems like an hour,
Since my gal is gone.
Shadows fall
On the wall,
That's the time I miss her kiss most of all,
Even though I try
How can I go on?
Take me, evenin',
Let me sleep 'til gray dawn is breaking,
I don't care if I ...
Have a banana, Hannah
Try the salami, Tommy
Give with the gravy, Davy
Everybody eats when they come to my house
Have a tomato, Plato
Here's cacciatore, Dorie
Have some baloney, Tony
Everybody eats when they come to my house
I'll fix your favorite dishes
Hopin' this good food will fills ya
Stand in kitchen alone, work my fingers to the bone
You better eat if it kills ya
Pass me a pancake, Mandr...
Frisco Flo was just a typical gal,
Frisco Flo was just a regular my-gal-Sal;
Frisco Flo was just as sharp as a tack;
Frisco Flo, for a fellow would give the shirt right off of her back.
She knew the smallies and the biggies, the weak and the strong,
A sinner, no beginner, at kicking the gong,
But with it all, she always knew the right from the wrong.
Love thy neighbor was her favorite song
Fri...
I like good sauce in the gravy bowl,
Must be sauce about ninety days old
Good sauce, good sauce from the gravy bowl
Drink good sauce from morn til night,
Drink enough and it makes you tight.
Good sauce, good sauce from the gravy bowl
One drink, two drinks, three drinks, four drinks, five drinks, six drinks,
Drink it, drink it,
You're bound to get high,
And when you do,
You'll feel so blue,
You...
A
Oh, she's pretty and witty, soft-natured and sweet
Attractive and active, boy, clever and neat;
I've got a darn good reason now for being good.
A
I'm hazy and I'm crazy; I'm crazy for love,
She's willing for billing and she coos like a dove;
I've got a darn good reason now for being good.
B
I was just a rounder turning nighttime into day,
But now it's different; since this loving made me cha...
Happy feet I've got those hap-hap-happy feet
Give them a low-down beat
And they begin dancing
I've got those ten little tip-tap-tapping toes,
When they hear a tune
I can't control the dancing, dear,
To save my soul
Those weary blues can't get into my shoes,
Because my shoes refuse
To ever grow weary.
I keep cheerful on an earful
Of music sweet;
Just got those hap-hap-happy feet
Another version...
It's the one and only Lennox Avenue,
That's the one and only place to travel to;
Music in the air,
Dancing everywhere,
That's Harlem hospitality
When you hear a welcome to your song,
You'll keep shoutin' hallelujah all night long;
You never rest
When you get the best
Of Harlem hospitality
It's a waste of life until you hear a song and love it,
You just, quot;Yeah, manquot;
It's a taste of life...
When I hug ya
You stay hugged;
When I dig ya
You stay dug;
When I kiss you, baby,
Everybody knows that I'm wild about you
When I love ya,
I love ya strong
When you kiss me
You can't go wrong;
When I hold you, baby,
Everybody knows that I'm wild about you
You may say that I'm jivin',
But it's you that I'm thinkin' of,
It's not imagination or infatuation,
It's just plain, everyday love
I'm a sch...
Hep-hep
De-boodle-de-ack, de-boodle-de-ackasaki
Hep-hep
Oh, rang-tang, te-dah-dah,
Hep-hep
Gonna tell you 'bout the jumpin' jive,
Hep-hep
Jim, jam, jump, the jumpin' jive;
Hep-hep
Cats gonna beat out this mellow jive;
Hep-hep
Beat it out on the mellow side.
Boy?
Whatcha gonna say there, gate?
Oh, boy
Whatcha gonna say there, gate?
Palomar, shalomar, Swanee shore,
Let me dig that jive once more...
[Spoken] Hey, Doc, hey, Doc, I've got to see you.
[Spoken] Who's that waking me up at 8:30 here in the morning? What's wrong with you, boy?
[Spoken] Well, Doc, something is bothering me.
[Spoken] Is that so? Well, tell me about it.
Hey, Doc, hey, Doc,
I wonder what's wrong with me.
[Spoken] You look like you're beat to your chops this morning.
Hey, Doc, hey, Doc,
My temperature's one-oh-three....
Say, don't be among the late ones,
Change your dancing ways,
Keep up with the up-to-date ones,
And learn that brand-new craze,
Listen, pal, you gotta swing and grab your gal,
And do that thing,
Learn that jig-time dance
They call hotcha razz-ma-tazz.
No excuse for dignity,
Just get loose and follow me.
Swing your partners one and all,
To hotcha razz-ma-tazz.
I'm here to betcha it's gonna getch...
Say, I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me
That's why I'm sad and lonely,
Won't somebody come and take a chance with me?
Sing you love songs, honey, all the time,
If you'll only say you'll be sweet gal of mine,
Oh, I ain't got no, no, no, nobody, nobody cares for me
[Scatting]
Sing you love songs, honey, all the time,
If you'll only say you'll be sweet gal of mine,
Oh, I ain't got no, no...
We met one evening when the moon was bright,
And when she gave me the eye I thought that I would die,
She had such curly hair and teeth of white,
And I learned about love from her.
And when she'd hold me in her arms so tight,
Every kiss was like a torch, my lips, they used to scorch,
That gal was just a mess of dynamite
And I learned about love from her.
You've heard about that man from Tennes...
I love to sing-a
About a moon-a and a June-a and a spring-a,
I love to sing-a,
About a sky of blue-a, and a tea for two-a,
Anything-a with a swing-a, or a quot;I love you-a,quot;
I love, I love to sing
Give me a song-a
About a son-a gun that went and done her wrong-a.
But keep it clean-a,
By a cottage small-a with a waterfall-a,
Any sob-a that will throb-a to a bluebird's call-a,
I love, I lov...
I'm the world's most happy creature,
Tell me, what can worry me?
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
And my baby's crazy 'bout me
Mr. Cupid was our teacher,
That's the reason we agree,
I'm crazy 'bout my baby,
And my baby's crazy 'bout me
Parson, get your book out,
Get it ready in your hand,
Keep a steady look-out;
'Cause I know you understand.
We're an A-one combination,
The perfect he and she,
I'm craz...
It looks like Suzie,
It must be Suzie,
I'm sure it's Suzie,
But I don't know;
Could be Virginia
With her eyes of blue,
Could be Mary,
Sweet Mary Lou,
But it looks like Suzie,
She talks like Suzie,
She walks like Suzie,
Oh, gosh, oh, gee
Just ask her if she knows Lou
From Boston, Massachu,
If she does,
Why, then it's Suzie Lee
It looks like Suzie,
Must be Suzie,
I'm sure it's Suzie,
Aw, but I d...
Boy, what's the matter with you?
You ain't got no pep at all today I always gets tired when it gets hot like this, you know.
You is lazy, Is I?
You just natu'lly lazy That's what's the matter with me?
You're doing nothing all the day. No, I don't never do nothing.
You is loafin' on the levee. Yeah
Was you born that way? Yeah, I was born just like I is now, just like I is.
I know, but you is la...
If you'd like to be a jitter bug,
First thing you must do is get a jug,
Put whiskey, wine and gin within,
And shake it all up and then begin.
Grab a cup and start to toss,
You are drinking jitter sauce
Don't you worry, you just mug,
And then you'll be a jitter bug
Hear this fat boy blowing his horn;
He's been a bug since the day he was born,
His favorite jitter sauce is rye,
I swear, he'll dri...
It was down in Chinatown,
All the cokies laid around,
Some were high and some were mighty low;
There were millions on the floor
When a knock came on the door,
And there stood old Smoky Joe.
He was sweatin', cold and pale,
He was lookin' for his frail,
He was broke and all his junk ran out;
Nobody made a sound,
As he stood and looked around,
And then you hear old Smoky shout:
Saying, quot;Tell ...
You're just a little town gal,
Don't you go to the city,
The buildings are tall
And the folks got no pity,
There'll be no one there you know just to say hello,
Little town gal.
Folks don't care
If you're blue or unhappy,
That's when you'll miss
Your maw and your pappy
You'll be wearing out your shoes with a case of blues,
Little town gal.
And when you wake up in the morning,
How you'll miss th...
Hey, Lord.
The night is friendly,
The stars are winkin',
My sleepy-headed baby's eyes are blinkin,'
I hold him in my arms and sit here thinking,
Lordy What a sweet world.
The night is friendly,
With voices croonin',
And gals and fellows in the shadows spoonin',
And clouds that open up to let the moon in,
Lordy What a sweet world.
Now, I ain't callin' this life perfect,
But I am thanking my mak...
What is this thing that makes the birdies sing,
The flowers bloom out of season?
Sweetheart, I know the answer:
Love is the reason
Why did the clouds of gray just roll away
The very moment I found you?
Why do I hang around you?
Love is the reason
You came with the rainbow,
Right after the rain,
You brought me the sunshine,
Now I'm walking in clover all over again
It is a thrill divine or just ...
My little Margie, I'm always thinkin' of you, Margie
I'll tell the world I love you
Don't forget your old promises to me
I have bought, I gotta a house and ring and everything
For my own [Incomprehensible]
I say, say you are my inspiration
Days are never blue
After all is said and done
Baby, you're the only one
Oh, Margie, it's you
Folks, here's a story about Minnie the Moocher
She was a red hot hoochie-koocher
She was the roughest, toughest frail
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale
Hidee hidee hidee hi
Oh oh oh oh
Hee dee hee dee hee dee hee
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
She messed around with a bloke named Smoky
She loved him though he was cokey
He took her down to Chinatown
And he showed her how to kick the gong around
Hid...
Here's some news that'll get you,
It's made to order for you.
I just bet it'll fit you,
Follow up these red hot news.
Grab a taxi and go down,
Chinatown's on a spree;
Let me give you the lowdown,
This is really history.
Whenever folks in Chinatown start acting gay
There's something in the air that makes them feel that way.
Yeah, man, I heard somebody say
It's Minnie the Moocher's wedding day
O...
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today, Madam,
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today,
She's so sorry to be delayed,
But last evening down in Lover's Lane she strayed, Madam,
Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today, madam,
When she woke up and found that her dream of love had gone, Madam,
She ran to the man who led her so far astray,
And from under her velvet gown,
She drew...
We stole his bird,
Coo-coo
A mighty fine bird,
Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo
We stole this bird from the coo-coo clock, and Brother Treadway put it in hoc.
Stop all trains, close all roads,
There's a mystery up in Harlem way.
So just relax and take it slow,
Please dig what I have to say:
Now, who stole the bird from the coo-coo clock?
My coo-coo bird could swing.
At three o' clock he'd come on the...
Have you seen the cute and keen
Baby sweet as a tangerine?
That's my gal, Mezzanine
Got blazin' eyes, like temptation,
No more like 'em in creation;
That's my gal, Mezzanine
She's the red hot mama from Bahama with the red hot cootchie-coo
You get sweet infection in the deep hot section,
When that gal looks at you
She ain't fat, she ain't lean,
A just right baby, she's inbetween,
That's my gal,...
My honey's lovin' arms,
They hold a world of charms,
Little place to nestle when I'm so lonely,
I'm comin', little morris chair,
Oh, what a happy little pair
Loveliness and happiness
Seem to bless
My loving little honey
I love her more each day,
When years have passed away,
You'll find the love belongs to you only,
'Cause when the world seems wrong,
I know that I belong,
Right in my honey's lo...
You're nobody, nobody's sweetheart now,
There's no place for you somehow,
With all of your fancy clothes, silken gowns,
You'll be out of place in the middle of your own hometown,
When you walk down the avenue,
All the folks just can't believe that it's you.
With all those painted lips and painted eyes,
Wearing a bird of paradise,
It all seems wrong somehow,
It seems so funny,
You're nobody's s...
You talk about your truckin' when your peckin' is new,
Well, here's a dance that you all should do:
You get 'way low down to the floor,
And if you peck once, you'll peck twice, you'll peck it some more.
You peck to the front, to the sides, to the back,
Well, look at old Jim, he's pecking on his back
Peckin' to me is a lot of fun,
Well, you peck one, and I'll peck one, well, we'll all peck one
...
Man, what's the matter with that cat there?
Must be full of reefer
Full of reefer?
Yeah man
You mean that cat's high?
Sailing, Sailing
Sailing lightly
Get away from here
Man is that the reefer man?
That's the reefer man
I believe, he's losin' his mind
I think, he's lost his mind
Oh, have you ever met that funny reefer man?
Reefer man
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
Reefer man
If he sa...
San Francisco Fan
Loved a no-good gamblin' man;
She drank the coffee dregs so she could fry his eggs
In a golden fryin' pan.
Can-canned by command,
Of the Gold Rush Cafe clan,
She gave her man her pay; he gambled it away
Playing Chinatown fan-tan.
Once they caught him cheatin'
And he knew that he was beaten,
When a miner aimed a pistol at his head,
Fanny, when she seen 'em,
Ran and jumped righ...
Save me, Sister, Sister, save me,
Save me from temptation,
Of other lips, of other eyes,
Of other vows, of other ties,
Of other smiles and other sighs.
From that devil revelry,
From the life of fancy free
Save me, Sister, Sister, save me;
My heart needs salvation
I'm gonna miss, I'm gonna stray,
But lady, from this very day,
I'll go the straight and narrow way.
Sister, if you lead me to
Pastur...
St. Louis woman, she's never pleased,
She says there's one good man who'll soon be deceived,
If she can't hear from him each night at least
Six or seven times.
She says the other songs don't mean a thing,
There's only one that makes her heart go bing,
That's why she craves that little tune I sing
Six or seven times.
You're so sweet, how could anyone be so sweet?
Tell me, little one,
Believe me, you're a lucky find,
Peaches, cream and honey, all of them combined.
You're so sweet, like a little flower,
Grow sweet, every little hour,
You know, sweet, you'll always be
So sweet to me
Some of these days you're gonna be so lonely,
Some of these days you're gonna want me only,
You'll miss my love and miss my kiss,
You're gonna miss your little daddy when he goes away
You'll be so lonely alone without me,
You know, baby, why I went away;
Oh, when I'm leaving, there's no doubt your heart'll be grieving;
You're gonna miss your daddy, mama, some of these days.
Somebody stole my gal,
Somebody stole my pal,
Somebody came and took her away,
She didn't even say she was leavin',
Her kisses I love so,
He's gettin' now I know...
And gee, I know that she,
Would come to me
If she could see,
Her broken hearted lonesome pal,
Somebody stole my gal
Well folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary
See my little baby there
She's stretched out on a long, white table
Well she looks so good, so cold, so fair
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
You may search this whole wide world over
But she'll never find another sweetheart like me, yeah
Take apart your bones and put 'em back together
Tell your mother that you are some...
Stack O'Lee blues,
Know what it means,
Come on, honey, let's be stepping,
'Cause my feet won't keep still,
I've just gotta dance until I've had my fill.
Stack O'Lee blues,
Play it over for me;
I go crazy when I hear it
Anywhere I may be;
I long to hear them playing that Stack O'Lee.
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song;
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you.
That was long ago,
When each kiss was an inspiration;
Now you were in my arms,
And my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song,
Beside a garden wall,
When the stars are bright
You are in my arms;
The little nightengale sings his fairytale
Of paradise where roses grew,
...
When your spirits are low,
There's a place you can go.
You'll never see white folks
At a strictly cullud affair.
See 'em laying 'em down,
Boys, they goin' to town,
You may see a few light folks
But they all got cullud folks' hair.
It's given by the colored ladies' auxiliary,
Come on, brothers, check in all your artillery.
Spend your nickels and dimes,
Have some marv-yu-lous times;
I mean it's ...
A
Sweet Jenny Lee from sunny Tennessee,
You'll love her when you see
Sweet Jenny Lee
A
Each little bird is singing merrily
Just getting set to see
Sweet Jenny Lee
B
She's got that certain little something in her style,
She's got a great big bit of heaven right in her smile.
A
She promised me that she'd say yessiree,
That's good enough for me,
Sweet Jenny Lee.
Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Oh, yeah
Mama, that man's here again
Brothers and sisters, have you heard the news today?
Now, I've been told that Mr. Van Chuba is in town to stay
He's the new sensation,
He has lots of syncopation,
Come on, gather 'round 'cause I've got more to say,
Oh, yeah
Mama, Mama, that man is here again
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Mr. Van Chuba, came back from Cuba,
Playing his tuba,
That man ...
Here's a little tune we're gonna play for you,
There ain't nothin' to it and it's easy to do:
Called the Calloway Boogie,
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day
If you like music with a boogie beat,
Here's a little ditty that's really all reet
It's the Calloway Boogie,
It's the Calloway Boogie,
Keeps you groovy twenty-four hours a day
I woke up with the blues the ot...
I'm the Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man,
I can really do wonders, I can,
If you've got the misery,
Bring your misery to me,
I'm that Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man
I'm the Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man,
I do things on a miracle plan,
If the blues are hangin' 'round,
And the devil's got you down,
See the Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man
Hi-de-hi
Ho-oh-oh-oh
Sister Green came to me for my love recipe,
Said she'd heard about my miracle p...
She's the lady with the fan,
When she comes by, hold your man,
She made Smoky Joe so ginny
He forgot about his Minnie.
She's the lady with the fan
She's the lady with the fan,
Can she dance? Yeah, man
Every wiggle gets a giggle
From the hick who pays a nickel.
To see the lady with the fan
She's the lady with the fan,
She's the lady with the fan,
She's such a grand attraction,
She put lazy-bone...
It was up at Mike's the other night,
There was really quite a sight,
Gather round, folks, while I give you all the lowdown.
Tables were filled with gaudy frails,
Chewing on their fingernails;
They were waiting for the man from Harlem.
Drinks were served six bits a throw,
Things were moving kind of slow,
Everybody's nerves were getting jumpy.
All at once the room was still,
Men forgot all about...
Slumber, never comes around 'til dawn,
My head starts reeling,
I dream that I'm kneeling,
It seems that I'm kneeling on the ceiling of my room
Nightmare, sure has got me in the air,
It's no use denying,
And there's no denying,
I dream that I'm dying and going in my tomb.
When your sweetie tells you
Everything'll be okay
Just skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope
Skeetle-at-de-op-de-day
If you feel like shoutin'
Advertise it just this way
And skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope
Skeetle-at-de-op-de-day
Don't give a hang
What words you use at any time
Sing this silly language
Without any reason or rhyme
When you face the preacher
There's only one thing to say...
Everybody's excited
Everybody's invited
Come along, and swing that thing,
It's the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Swing
Hear the clarinets tootin'
Everybody's salutin'
Come and meet the queen and king,
It's the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Swing
Swing high, there's joy in sight,
Swing low, from left to right,
Swing out, tonight's the night,
There's gonna be a lot of free and fancy swinging
Say good-bye to...
The eight-fifteen is the worker's train,
The eight-fifteen, and I'm off again,
The eight-fifteen is an awful pain;
Wish I didn't have to travel on the eight-fifteen
The eight-fifteen going off uptown,
The eight-fifteen sort of brings me down,
The eight-fifteen always makes me frown,
Got to get up early for the daily eight-fifteen.
I'm happy on Sunday,
'Cause I can stay in bed till ten;
When I ...
Just follow me,
And you will see,
What folks in Harlem
Call Trickeration.
Don't mean a thing,
This crazy swing,
Latest thing in Harlem,
Trickeration
Rhythm, look what you went and done,
Rhythm, you are the guilty one.
Another phrase,
Just another craze,
Everyone in Harlem
Does Trickeration.
I've only got one weakness:
Baby darling, that one is you.
I'll always keep my weakness,
Forever my whole life through.
You are the one,
You beautiful son of a gun,
My life would be done without you.
I've only got one weakness:
Oh, babe, baby darling, it's you
When you're smiling, keep on smiling,
The whole wide world will smile with you;
And when you're laughing ha, ha, ha, ha, keep on laughing ha, ha,
You'll find the sun will come shining through
But when you're crying boo-hoo, you bring on the rain;
Stop your sighing and be happy again.
When you're smiling, keep on smiling,
The whole wide world will smile with you
Who calls,
When the western moon is pale,
Is there someone on the trail,
Who calls?
Who calls,
When the sage is silv'ry white,
Is there someone in the night,
Who calls?
Somewhere,
Somewhere across the Great Divide, ooooh,
Someone,
Someone who calls me to their side.
Who calls,
When a star falls from above,
Can it be the one I love,
Who calls?
Who calls.
When the sage is silv'ry white,
Is there...
A
Dark folk, white folk, but never a hand,
They say to this man,
quot;You're yaller, you're yaller, you're yaller, you're just a yaller.quot;
A
Black folk, white folk, I'm learning a lot,
You know what I am, I know what I'm not,
B
Ain't even black, I ain't even white,
I ain't like the day and I ain't like the night.
Feeling mean, so inbetween, I'm just a high yaller.
B
Ain't even bad, I ain't ...
You can throw bricks at my window,
You can put tacks in my shoe,
Sprinkle ground glass on my applesause,
But you can't stop me from loving you.
You can put rocks in my pillow,
You can put sand in my shoe,
You can be aloof as you crash the roof
But you can't stop me from loving you.
You can sneer at my devotion
You can seem as mean as can be,
If you'll pardon my emotion,
But that won't discoura...
Aw, you dog, you dirty dog,
You better stop your sniffing around like that;
I know just what you're driving at
Aw, you dog, you salty dog,
You sniffing, snapping, yipping, yapping,
Aw, you dog
They got the news all over town,
You and my wife been running 'round,
Stop it 'fore I mow you down,
Aw, you dog
Deacon Green's been talking, too,
He says that he saw you
Kiss my wife in the pew,
Aw, you ...
Now I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you, uh huh
I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you, oh yeah
Well, I let into my home, you gonna leave my woman alone
I?ll be glad when you?re dead, you rascal you
Now I?ll be glad when you die, you rascal you, uh huh
I?ll be glad, oh I?ll be tickled to death
When you leave this earth it?s true, oh yeah
When you?re lyin? down six feet deep, n...
I was once a delicate child,
Watched the other kids run wild,
While they played with guns and ropes,
My only toys were stethoscopes;
I was a chronic, quot;Now how've you been?quot;
Then like a tonic, you blew in;
You're the cure for what ails me, and you do me good
Down with an apple every day,
Down with the ultraviolet ray,
You're the cure for what ails me, and you do me good
You can go starv...
The Zaz-Zuh-Zaz chorus has been simplified here from Cab's scatted version.
Now, here's a very entrancing phrase,
It will put you in a daze,
To me it don't mean a thing,
But it's got a very peculiar swing
Zaz-zuh-zaz-zuh-zaz,
Zaz-zuh-zaz-zuh-zay,
Zaz-zuh-zaz-zuh-zaz,
Zaz-zuh-zaz-zuh-zay
Now, zaz-zuh-zaz was handed down
From a bloke down in Chinatown;
It seems his name was Smoky Joe,
And he use...
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