• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Sweetest Gal In Town - Tampa Red
• Taking It And Make My Get Away - Tampa Red
• Cheatin' On Me - Tampa Red
• Seminole Blues - Tampa Red
• She Said It - Tampa Red
• Singing And Crying Blues - Tampa Red
• Someday I'm Bound To Win - Tampa Red
• Stockyard Fire - Tampa Red
• Stop Truckin' And Suzi-q - Tampa Red
• That Don't Matter Now - Tampa Red
• The Jitter Jump - Tampa Red
• The Most Of Us Do - Tampa Red
• We Gonna Get High Together - Tampa Red
• When Bad Luck Is On You - Tampa Red
• Sad Letter Blues - Tampa Red
• Rock It In Rhythm - Tampa Red
• Crying Won`t Help You - Tampa Red
• Happily Married - Tampa Red
• Harlem Swing - Tampa Red
• I Give My Love To You - Tampa Red
• I Need You (By My Side) - Tampa Red
• I See You Can't Take It - Tampa Red
• I'm Gonna Get High - Tampa Red
• I'm So Disappointed In You - Tampa Red
• It's Hard To Believe It's True - Tampa Red
• My Gal Is Gone - Tampa Red
• My Za Zu Girl - Tampa Red
• A Lie In My Heart - Tampa Red
• Right Or Wrong - Tampa Red
• When Love Comes In - Tampa Red
• My Baby Said Yes - Tampa Red
• All Night Long - Tampa Red
• If It Wasn't For You - Tampa Red
• Stormy Sea Blues - Tampa Red
• I Hate Myself - Tampa Red
• That's The Way I Do - Tampa Red
• You Got Me Worryin' - Tampa Red
• You and Only You - Tampa Red
• Western Bound Blues - Tampa Red
• Oh Babe Oh Baby - Tampa Red
• Grouchy Hearted Woman - Tampa Red
• No Matter How She Done It - Tampa Red
• What Am I Going To Do - Tampa Red
• When Things Go Wrong With You - Tampa Red
• Whoopee Mama - Tampa Red
• Dead Cats On The Line - Tampa Red
• Worthy Of You - Tampa Red
• Wrong Idea - Tampa Red
• You Got To Learn To Do It - Tampa Red
• You Stole My Heart - Tampa Red

I got the sweetest gal in town
She push me up, she pull me down
And I can't get enough of that
Somehow
She buys booze, she calls me, dear
Do anything to make me chilled
And I can't get enough of that
Somehow
When we start the drinking
She hug and hold my hand
She never has to tell me
I always understand
The way she looks the way she loves
Makes me gay as the moon above
And I can't get enough of that
Somehow, yeah
She runs like [Incomprehensible]
She makes more money than Henry Ford
And I can't get enough of that
Somehow
When I get high as I can be
She never fight, she'd baby me
And I can't get enough of that
Somehow
She takes me out to party
She never leave me 'lone
She says how much she loves me
And she wants me for her own
And when I'm blue she makes me glad
She gives me thrill that I never had
And I can't get enough of that

Ah look here, baby, how can it be
You ain't give me no jelly, baby
Just let me see
So, I feel like taking it
Yes, I feel like taking it
Yes, I feel like taking it, baby
Ooh, and making my get away
I don't believe, baby
In waiting for long
Every time I ask you, baby
There is something wrong
So I feel like taking it
Ooh, I feel like taking it
Yes, I feel like taking it baby
Ooh, and making my get away
Don't come here, baby
Telling you [Incomprehensible]
I'm going ahead with this morning, baby
If I have to go to jail
'Coz I'm thinking of taking it
Ooh, I'm thinking of taking it
Yes, I feel like taking it, baby
Ooh, and making my get away
No use, you could try me, baby
But you can no more
You better pull down your window, baby
You better lock your door
'Coz I'm thinking of taking it
Ooh, I'm thinking of taking it
Yes, I feel like taking it, baby

You ain't the gal you used to be
You used to mean so much to me
You had me blind but now I see
I know, you been cheatin' on me
So, get your D's and your dosies's too
Be on your way, I'm through with you
I can't stand the way you do
I know, you been cheatin' on me
As good as I've been to you
You let the devil fool you
Hurray and Hallelujah
You know, you had it comin' to ya
Though there is nothing to confess
I have seen enough to know the rest
What I'm doin' in for the best
I know, you been a-cheatin' on me
Get it now
You ain't the gal you used to be
You used to mean so much to me
You had me blind but now I see
I know, you been-a cheatin' on me
So, get your D's and your dosey's too
Be on your way, I'm through with you
I can't stand the way you do
I know you been a-cheatin' on me
As good as I been to you
You let the devil fool you
Hurray and Hallelujah
You know, you had it comin' to

Seminole Blues Trk 12 Dsc 2 3: 03 Song 35
Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker)
Aurora, Illinois, Oct. 11, 1937 Leland Hotel Top Floor
Tampa Red- vocal, piano & guitar, Willie Bee James - guitar
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
My baby's gone, won't be back no mo'
She won't be back no mo', whoa-ooh
My baby's gone, she won't be back no mo'
She left this mo'nin', she caught that Seminole
I got the blues so bad
It hurt my tongue to talk
It hurt my tongue to talk, ooh-ooh
The blues so bad
It hurt my tongue to talk
I would follow my baby
But it hurt my feet to walk
(instrumental) slide guitar
She gimme her love
Even let me draw her pay
She let me draw her pay, yeah
She give me her love
Even let me draw her pay
She was a real good woman
But unkindness drove her 'way
(instrumental) slide guitar
I've got the Seminole blues
Leaving on my mind
Leaving on my mind, whoa-ooh
Seminole blues, leaving on my mind
I'm goin' to find my baby
If I have to ride the blind.

She said it and she meant it too
I never knew a thing she said to be untrue
She told me that she never had a man
To feel her like I do
I love her and she loves me too
Don't forget it that I [Incomprehensible]
And we crave the things
That each and every lover do
She said she can't take it
I hope it can bring
A beautiful creature, a heavenly thing
She said it and she meant it too
She was ready for a home for two
And to build a plan that each and every lover do
She said she can't take it
I hope it can bring
A beautiful creature, a heavenly thing
She said it and she meant it too
That she was ready for a home for two

I got a feeling which I never had before
Trouble and sorrow keep knocking at my door
But I have all to gain and nothing to lose
I must have got me passion of joy
What I go through with nobody knows
And yet I go singing and crying the blues
I'm just a lonely motherless child
Trouble and sorrows are driving me wild
But it will all be over after a while
I keep it trying but can't get nowhere
Aching with trouble and no one to care
And yet I go singing and crying the blues
No decent clothes and I can't have no shoes
Can't have no loving but yet I have the blues
So folks you see I ain't got no time to lose
My girl had quit me and she gone away
But I'm just hoping that she'll come back someday
And still I go singing and crying the blues
Why do my trouble lasts me so long?
I never bother or done nobody wrong
Ain't got no loving, ain't got no place for home
Soon I'll be lucky and it won't be long
With plenty of dollar and my gang of diamond stone

Though you drivin' me away, baby
An' I ain't done nothin' wrong
Though you drivin' me away, babe
An' I ain't done nothin' wrong
Well, I hate to go an' leave you, baby
'Cause we've been together so long
Baby, though you never told me
I'm wise enough to know
Baby, though you never told me
I'm wise enough to know
From the way you're tryin' to do me, baby
I know you don't want me, no mo'
I tried to be a good looser
Some old day I'm bound to win
I tried to be a good looser
Some old day I'm bound to win
I may catch you when you're down, baby
And you may need my help again
Every bad luck fella
Has a good luck day sometime
Every bad luck fella, baby
Has a good luck day sometime
It may be cloudy today, mama

Big trouble in the meat house
And it's all about that stockyard fire
Big trouble in the meat house
And it's all about that stockyard fire
All of the poor people kickin'
Because meat is gone up so higher
Let me tell you people
What that old stockyard fire will do
Let me tell you people
What that old stockyard fire will do
It will have you eating one
And it will have you skippin? two
That old stockyard fire
Left people in misery
That stockyard fire
Left people in misery
It's got upset and wondering
Lord, what will the end be
That old stockyard fire
Sure did raise some sin
That old stockyard fire
Sure did raise some sin
Lord, it's got so many people
Eating out of the garbage can
Now I hope these stockyard dealers
Could read these poor people? s mind
If these stockyard dealers
Could read these poor people's mind
They would drop meat more lower

So now we got something new
It's a dance anyone can do
Grandmama and grandpa too
Stop truckin' and Suzi-Q
In Holland, in Paris too
Everybody knows what to do
So simple and famous too
Stop truckin' and Suzi-Q
The young and gay
The old and gray
Night and day
Everybody doing it, hey, hey, hey
Get busy and learn it too
I'll show you just how to do
I know you're gonna love it
Stop truckin' and Suzi-Q
So now we got something new
It's a dance anyone can do
Grandmammy and grandpa too
Stop truckin' and Suzi-Q
In Holland, in Paris too
Everybody knows what to do
So simple and famous too

That Don't Matter Now Trk 19 Dsc 2: 2: 38 song 42
Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker)
Aurora, Illinois, Monday, March 14, 1938 Leland Hotel Top Floor
Tampa Red- vocal, piano, Willie Bee James - guitar
Unk string bass (poss. imitation string bass)
Album: The Bluebird Recordings - Tampa Red 1936 - 1938
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
I wake up ev'ry mo'nin' with the risin' sun
Thinkin' of my baby and all the good she's done
But ooh-oooh, that don't matter, now
You'll miss your water when your well go dry
I miss my baby when she said, 'Goodbye'
But ooh-oooh, that don't matter, now
I stay so worried
I don't know what to do-ooo
No one to love me or tell my trouble to
'Play that thing, Mr. Piano Man'
'Play it 'till it gets through to ev'rybody'
'Drink another pint, William?'
'I'm gonna get drunk and pitch me a boogie woogie'
'Still a good fella, oh yes!'
'Live a good fella, you'll die one'
'Is that right?'
'Oh, yeah'
I miss her huggin' and her kisses, too
No one could love me like my baby do
But ooh-oooh, that don't matter, now
I miss the way she starch and iron my clothes
I miss the way she give me good jellyroll
But ooh-oooh, that don't matter, now
I'm so unhappy, blue as I can be, oh yes!
I love my baby
Well, she don't care for me
Ooh, yeah.

The jitter jump is a mellow thing
It put you in the mood to swing
To kiss and dance and everything
The jitter jive is jumpin'
The old and grey, the young and gay
Are takin' chances every night and day
Gettin' the kicks the jazzy way
The jitter jive and jumpin'
Everywhere in town
You see them tuckin' around
Weighin' the smell of sound
And gettin' high and breakin' down
The jitter jump it won't behave
Make you real and make you rock and sway
With your kicks with the hip hip way
The jitter jive is jumpin'
I say, the jitter jump is a mellow thing
Put you in the mood to swing
To kiss and dance and everything
The jitter jive is jumpin'
The old and grey, the young and gay
Are takin' chances every night and day
To get the kicks the jazzy way
The jitter jive is jumpin'
Everywhere in town
You see them tuckin' around
Weighin' the smell of sound
Gettin' high and breakin' down
The jitter jump it won't behave
It make you real and make you rock and sway
And get your kicks the hip hip way
The jitter jive is jumpin'

I shouldn't cry when you kiss me goodbye
But most of us do
I shouldn't sigh when you tell me a lie
But most of us do
I should've known at the start, dear
For love is an old army game
I shouldn't dream of the sun
When I'm so used to the rain, dear
Though I pretend that I'm gay through the rain
But most of us do
Longing to hug you and kiss you again
But most of us do
I shouldn't try to forget, dear
Loving the way I do
I shouldn't grieve whenever you leave me
But most of us do
And though I pretend that I'm gay to the end
But most of us do
Just longing to hug you and kiss you, again
But most of us do
I shouldn't try to forget you
Loving the way I do
I shouldn't grieve whenever you leave me

There are you and here am I
We both be silly just to sit and sigh
Okie tokie darling, you and I
Are gonna get high together
Every time I look at you
I bet you think that we could do
Drink up dear, and don't be blue
We're gonna get high together
When the band began to play
And the gang began to sway
Then we will begin to lay
Just messing around, darling, ducking or down
Then after drinking some of this and that
I made you slide to take you to my flat
Turn out the light and make you tight like that
We're gonna get high together, yeah, yeah
There are you and here am I
We would be silly just to sit and sigh
Okie tokie darling, you and I
Are gonna get high together
Every time I look at you
I bet you think that we could do
Drink up dear, and don't be blue
We're gonna get high together
When the band began to play
And the gang began to sway
Then we will begin to lay
Just messing around, darling, ducking or down
Then after drinking some of this and that
I made you slide to take you to my flat
Turn out the light and make you tight like that

When bad luck is on you
You'll have tough breaks all the time
When bad luck is on you
You have tough breaks all the time
Looks like it's always cloudy
Looks like the sun don't never shine
Then everyone you love gon' leave you
And say they don't want you no more
Then everyone you love gon' leave you
And say they don't want you no more
It makes you mean and you'll get evil
And do things you never done before
When bad luck is on you
Every time you look around
When bad luck is on you
Every time you look around
Everybody is trying to knock you
Yes, they're trying to tear you down
Play that thing, boy
Aw, who wouldn't be blue
Getting a break like that
When you're in bad luck
You know how it feels then, awful
So if you ever get lucky
I'll tell you just what to do
So if you ever get lucky
Yes, I'll tell you just what to do
Forget all of those who was against you

I got a letter, this is the way it read
I got a letter, this is the way it read
It says, hurry home Tampa the gal you love is dead
I went to the station but that southbound train had gone
I went to the station but that southbound train had gone
I hung my head and I began to mourn
She wasn't dead but she was very 'lone
She wasn't dead but she was very 'lone
I heard her when she whispered,? Tampa look like I'm booked to go?
I followed my baby to the burial ground
I followed my baby to the burial ground
An' I watched the paul bearer slowly let her down
I know I would never see her smilin' face again
I know I would never see her smilin' face again

When you're out for a lovely evening
Forget about your daily blues
And rock it in rhythm, everybody's singin'
When old man gloom is at you
I tell you just what to do
Rock it in rhythm, everybody's sing
Everybody's due, you can learn it too
It's the hottest thing in town
You raise your head, you hold your hand
And start to messin' ‘round
And if you are blue and drowsy
Start to drinkin' too
And rock it in rhythm, everybody sing, yeah
When you're out for a lovely evening
Just forget about your blues and cares
And rock it in rhythm, everybody's singin'
When old man gloom is at you
I tell you just what to do
Rock it in rhythm, everybody's sing
Everybody's due, you can learn it too
It's the hottest thing in town
You raise your head, you hold your hand
And start to messin' ‘round
And if you are blue and drowsy
Just start to drinkin' too

No matter what you say, baby
No matter what you do
The way you treat me baby
Is coming back home to you
And crying won't help you
Crying won't help you
Crying won't help you, baby
'Cause you've been so mean to me
You must remember, baby
No matter where you go
Watch those seeds just scatter, baby
'Cause you're gonna reap just what you sow
Crying won't help you
Your crying won't help you
Crying won't help you, baby
'Cause you've been so mean to me
This way you treat me, baby
I cannot understand
So, I'm gonna leave you, baby
Let you do the best you can
And crying won't help you
Crying won't help you
Crying won't help you, baby
'Cause you've been so mean to me
Take this [Incomprehensible] man
Before I leave you darlin'
I just want to shake your hand
I'm going back to my woman
And let you go back to you man
But remember crying won't help you
Crying won't help you
Crying won't help you, baby

We are so happily married
We gave up all for love
And now we are free
It's so heavenly
We wish everyone to know
It's robins and roses
Whever we go, oh, oh, ooh, oh
We sacrificed
And paid the price, together
We made a vow to be the same
Forever, ever and ever
Oh, we are so happily started
And never to part again
To be gay to the end
Mmm, mm, mmm, yeah
I hear ya Mr. Ivory Man
Uh huh
'Come on everybody there
Come on up ladies and gentlemen
Yow sir
You hear the old maestro talkin' to ya
Uh huh
Yow sir
Yas, yas, yas
I can hear the Saxman talkin' to ya
Uh huh
Yeah
Uh huh, now that's Honey Bear, listen to him
Oh yeah
Yas, yas, yas
Oh, we are so happily married, yeah
We gave up all for love
And now we are free
It's so heavenly
We wish everyone to know
It's robins and roses
Ever, ever we go
We sacrificed and paid the price, together
We made a vow to be the same
Forever, ever and ever
Whoa, we are so happily started
And never to part again
We'll be gay to the end

Yeah man, make a plan
Everybody, let's get started
Get that Harlem swing
Every man, in the band
Let's get busy, the gang's all dizzy
With that Harlem swing
Everybody, from miles around
Are here in town, to break 'em down
They all wild about the mellow sounds
So let's get pumpin' loud
Yeah man, you understand
Everybody, grab somebody
And do that Harlem swing
Yas, yas, yas, yea, yeah at is it
Ah, run and come and bump it
I hear you, Mr. Piano Man
Yas, yas
Yes man, here's the plan
Everybody, let's get started
Get that Harlem Swing
Every man, in the band
Let's get busy, the gang's all dizzy
With that Harlem swing
Everybody, from miles around
Are here in town, to break 'em down
They all wild about the mellow sound
So let's get pumpin' loud
Yeah man, you understand
Everybody, grab somebody
And do that Harlem swing
Yeah, yeah, I hear ya
Come on do it again, take there
Hey, yas, yas
Yeah man, you understand
Everybody, grab somebody

Befo' I say goodnight my love to you
Promise dear, you'll make my dream come true
Remember dear, my heart, I trust to you
And don't forget the plans I made for two
The night we met, I give my love to you
I made a vow, that I'd be true to you
An cling to you and pray for you, my sweet
Kiss me and say you'll always love me too
Before I say goodnight my love to you
Yeah
The night we met, I give my love to you
I made a vow that I'd be true to you
An' cling to you and pray for you, my sweet
Kiss me and say you'll always love me too

I Need You By My Side Trk 8 3: 23
Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker)
RCA Studio A Chicago, Ill. Wed. Aug. 5, 1936
Tampa Red- vocal & piano, Arnet Nelson - clarinet
Willie Bee James - guitar.
Album: The Bluebird Recordings - Tampa Red 1936 - 1938
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
(guitar & instrumental)
Although it seems that we must part
You will forever be in my heart
Though I shall never think of why we
Had to start, we had to start
And though you say, now
That we are through
My love remains for only you
Because I love you
You know I need you by my side
(nstrumental)
Ummmm, mmm, mmm
Ummmm, mmm, mmm
Ummmm, mmm, mmm
Ummmm, mmm, mmm
Hmmmm, mmm, mmm
Hmmmm, mmm, mmm
Hmmmm, mmm, mmm
Hmmmm, mmm, mmm
Hmmmm, mmm, mmm
Hmmmm, mmm, mmm
Hmmmm, mmm, mmm
Hmmmm, mmm, mmm
You know I love you
And I need you by my side
Befo' you leave me
Come shake my hand
I hope some day you will understand
Home much I need you
How much I loved you from the start
Right from the start
And if you ever need a friend
I shared the oathe until the end
Because I love you
Yes, and I need you by my side.

I been down and I ain't through
I see you can't take it
Tryin' to love and baby, you
I see you can't take it
I can tell at a glance
By the way you kiss and then
I'd be silly to take a chance
On breakin' my plans in two
I'd rather have no gal at all
I see you can't take it
If I trust my heart to you
I know you will break it
I can tell by your eyes
You's the devil in disguise
Good luck, goodbye
I see you can't take it
Yeah, yeah, get it
I'd rather have no gal at all
I see you can't take it
If I trust my heart to you
I know you will break it
I can tell by your eyes
You's the devil in disguise
Good luck, goodbye
I see you can't take it.

I'm Gonna Get High Trk 6 Dsc 2 3: 05 song 29
Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) And The Chicago Five
Aurora, Illinois, Oct. 11, 1937 Leland Hotel Top Floor
Tampa Red- vocal & guitar, unk - trumpet, Unk - tenor sax
Prob. Blind John Davis - piano, unk drums.
Album: The Bluebird Recordings - Tampa Red 1936 - 1938
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
I'm gonna get high
And it ain't no lie
And swing alone and have a ball
I'm gonna get high
Oh me, oh my
Nobody know why
Oh m'baby, don't you cry
I'm gonna get high
It ain't no need of no one
Tryin' to shame me
But what a state I've got in
Who could blame me?
Oh, yes
I'm gonna get high
I'll do it or die
And swing alone and have a ball
I'm gonna get high
'Yas, yas'
(instrumental)
'Beat it out for me, then'
'Ah-ha'
'I hear you Mr. Sax Player'
(sax)
'Yas, yas'
'Get that trumpet here'
'I hear you Mr. Ivory Man
'C'mon, do it again, please'
(trumpet)
Ah-ha
I'm gonna get high
And it ain't no lie
And swing alone and have a ball
I'm gonna get high
Oh me, oh my
Nobody know why
Oh m'baby, don't you cry
I'm gonna get high
It ain't no need of no one
Tryin' to shame me, yeah-yeah
But what a state I've got in
Who could blame me?
Oh, yeah
Oh, I'm gonna get high
I'll do it or die
And swing alone and have a ball
I'm gonna get high
'Zip it now'
'Yas, yas, yas'
'Ah-ha'
'Ah-yeah'
(piano)
'I hear ya'
'Ah-ha'
Yas, yas
Yas, yas
'Goin' out, boys'
Well, I'm gonna get high
I'll do it or die
Swing alone and have a ball
I'm gonna get high, yas.

I'm so disappointed, baby in you
For I once thought your little heart was true
But when I asked you for love you failed to give me bliss
But darling, we can't go on like this
Then after all is said and done
I've seen I'm not the lucky one
But I'm so disappointed, baby in you
Yes, I'm so disappointed, baby in you
For you're not doing as you promised to
You said you would be true
But I found it just a boo
For you're doing just as others want you to
Then after all of my love is keen
It's still blank to me it seems
But I'm so disappointed, baby in you
Play that thing
Yes, I'm so disappointed, baby in you
For I just cannot stand the way you do
You are breaking my heart each day just to pass the time away
But darling don't you know that ain't the play
Now I thought it was sweet romance
But now I see I didn't have a chance

It's hard to believe we are through, dear
Still you keep a-sayin' it ain't so
Maybe because I need you
Much more than you know
I'm sorry to see you go and leave me
It hurts me to know we must part
It's only because I love you
And you're so close to my heart
But if you go away, I'm sorry to say
But I guess it's okay
There may come a day
You might or you may
Become the same old way
Oh, I try to be gay to forgive you
Same as I was at the start
I'll play the part of a hero
But gee, what a blow to my heart, yes, yes
If you go away, I'm sorry to say
But I guess it's okay
There may come a day
You might or you may
Become the same old way
Oh, I try to be gay to forgive you
Same as I was at the start
I'll play the part of a hero
But gee, what a blow to my heart

My Gal Is Gone Trk 1 Dsc 2 3: 10 Song 24
Tampa Red (Hudon Whittaker)
Aurora, Illinois, Tues. May 4, 1937 Leland Hotel Top Floor
Tampa Red- vocal & piano, Willie Bee James - guitar
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
No one to love me
No one to care
It's mighty hard, for me to bear
This seem to be my last affair
My gal is gone
Just as sho' as the sun shine
Up in the skies above
Why you cannot be happy
When you ain't wit' the one you love
Now, I'm as lonesome as can be
Nothing else to live for, as I can see
My happiness is misery
My gal is gone
Baby, baby, baby
Please come back to me
If I been a bad fella
I did not intend to be
Umm-mmm, mmm-mmm
Umm-mmm, mmm-mmm
Lord, my gal is gone
My heart is heavy an achin' so
I walk an I worry from do' to do'
But I don't feel welcome, no place I go
Lord, my gal is gone
I set a-waitin'
But I never do get no mail
I'm drifting and worrying
Just like a ship without a sail.

When you see me in a hurry
I am busy don't you worry
Getting a place to break 'em down
My Za Zu gal's in town
Everything is hunky-dory
As a moving picture story
Plant my home with morning glories
My Za Zu gal's in town
I don't have to worry
'Bout a thrill or two
Because I know just what my
Za Zu gal can do
When she start her sweet romancin'
I go into triple trancing
We forget the dine an dancin'
My Za Zu gal's in town
'Get it'
When you see me in a hurry
I am busy don't you worry
Getting a place to break 'em down
My Za Zu gal's in town, ah!
Everything is hunky-dory
As a moving picture story
Plant my home with morning glories
My Za Zu gal's in town
I don't have to worry
'Bout a thrill or two
Because I know just what
That Za Zu gal can do

I may be wrong to say, I love you
I'll put your day in the dark
But it's better to say, I love you
Than to live with a lie in my heart
And though I know you didn't want me
I played a fool at the start
But it's better to say, I love you
Than to live with a lie in my heart
Though I may pretend I'm gay
And hide away in a magic house of my own
Hopin' that you may someday return and say
'I'm sorry I left you alone, dear'
I may be wrong to say, I miss you
Or watch your view from afar
But it's better to say, I love you
Than to live with a lie in my heart
Yas, swing cat
Uh-huh, yeah
Tickle that thing, boy
Oh, ain't that pretty?
Yowsir
I hear ya, Mr. Sax Man
Uh-huh, oh yeah
Oh, yeah
I hear ya, Mr. Coronet Man
Though I may pretend I'm gay
And hide away in a magic house of my own
Hopin' that you may someday return and say
I'm sorry I left you alone, dear
I may be wrong to say, I miss you
Or watch your view from afar
But it's better to say, I love you

You ain't the gal you used to be
I wouldn't mind being a beggar
You used to mean so much to me
I'll slave for you
You had me blind but now I see
So, say you're mine
I know you been cheatin' on me
Tell me that you love me too
So, get your d's and dosey's too
And did you know, darlin'?
Be on your way, I'm through with you
Down in my heart
I can't stand the way you do
I keep a sayin' a little prayer for you
I know you been cheatin' on me
So give me your time
To prove a little thing or two
As good as I've been to you
You let the devil fool you
Although I know you don't believe me
Hurray and Hallelujah, but I'm easy, too
You know you had it comin' to ya
I never cared for no, oh, oh, one
The way I care for you
Though there is nothing to confess
I have seen enough to know the rest
Right or wrong, what I'm doin' in for the best
I'll always cling to you
I know you been a cheatin' on me
So, say you're mine
Tell me that you love me, too
Get it, now
Yeah
You ain't the gal you used to be
You used to mean so much to me
Although I know you don't believe me
You had me blind but now I see, but I'm easy, too
I know you been a cheatin' on me
I never cared for no one the way I care for you
So, get your d's and your dosey's, too
Be on your way, I'm through with you
Right or wrong, I'll always cling to you
I can't stand the way you do
So say you're mine, tell me
I know you been a cheatin' on me
Baby, that you love me, love me, too
As good as I been to you
You let the devil fool you
Hurray and Hallelujah
You know you had it comin' to

It don't matter how tough you've been
You may be wicked and in your sin
You can't be the same when love come in
You may be the hottest shot in town
Blowin' your beans and breakin' down
You can't be the same when love come in
You may go away
You may try to stay
But there's comin' a day
For this you've got to pay
You may be drinkin' and truckin' 'round
Blowin' your stuff all over town
You can't be the same when love come in
Yes, now take it away
Now, you may go away
You may try to stay
But there's comin' a day
For this you got to pay
You may be drinkin' and truckin' down
Doin' your stuff all over town

I'm fallin' in love again
Grey skies are all blue again
My baby said yes instead of maybe
My friends are all glad again
To see me so gay again
I can put that sunshine in my smile again
I would cross the Great Divide
Just to see her smile
And hear that same old story
Every once in a while
I'm fallin' in love again
And hear my plan again
My baby said yes instead of maybe
Play that thing
I'm fallin' in love again
Grey skies are all blue again
My baby said yes instead of maybe
My friends are all glad again
To see me so gay again
I can put that sunshine in my smile again
I would cross the great divide
Just to see her smile
And hear that same old story
Every once in a little while
I'm fallin' in love again
And hear my plan again

(instrumental)
What kinda gal can you be?
You just haunt my memory
All night long, honey, all night long
No matter what I say or do
I can't stop thinkin' of you
All night long, honey, all night long
When I stay awake an cry all night
You know they call it a sin
But they don't seem to know
The fix you've got me in
How can you be so mean to me?
Yeah!
After doin' what you did to me?
All night long, honey, all night long
'Get outta here boy, your dog does'
(instrumental)
When I stay awake an cry all night
You know they call it a sin
Yeah!
But they don't seem to know
The fix you've got me in
Yeah!
Oh, how can you be so mean to me?
After doin' what you did to me?

(instrumental intro)
I couldn't do like I should
I wouldn't be understood
If it wasn't for you, sweet you
I'd be merrily in Spain
I would be living in pain
If it wasn't for you, sweet you
I would be worser than a vagabond, yas, yas
I couldn't rhyme, I couldn't write
I would be lonesome at night 'bout you, for you
I wouldn't know what to do
I'd be ever so lonesome and blue, blue, blue
If it wasn't for you, sweet you
'Yeah, get it now, join in'
(instrumental & kazoo)
I would be worser than a vagabond
I would be worser than a vagabond, yas, yas
I couldn't rhyme, I couldn't write
I'd be lonesome at night 'bout you, for you
I wouldn't know what to do
I'd be ever so lonesome and blue, yas, yas

Stormy Sea Blues Trk 1 2.46
Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker)
RCA Studio C Chicago, Ill. Fri. April 3, 1936
Tampa Red- vocal & piano, Willie Bee James - guitar
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
Rainin' on the ocean
Stormin' on the sea
Rainin' on the ocean
And it's stormin' on the sea
Blues in that shower
Is showering down on me
Come back, baby
Won't be bad, no more
Come back baby, woo-ooo
Won't be bad no more
I'll sing on my knees
An I'll follow anywhere you go
(piano and guitar)
Mean ol' fireman, good old engineer
Mean old fireman, woo-ooo, good old engineer
They took my baby 'way
And left me standin' here.

I hate myself for falling in love with you - yeah!
'Cause you wrecked my life
And you broke my heart in two - yeah!
You told me that you loved me
An I believed in you
But how could you love me
When you treat me the way you do?
I love you dear, and I miss you
Honest I do, oh yes
But I hate myself for fallin' in love with you
'Get 'em outta here, ah!'
(instrumental - kazoo & clarinet)
Yes, I hate myself for falling in love with you - yeah!
Because you wrecked my life
And you broke my heart in two - yeah!
Now, you told me that you loved me
An I believed in you
But how could you love me
And treat me the way you do?
I love you and I miss you
Honest I do-ooo, oh yeah
But I hate myself for fallin' in love with you
'Get out'
(instrumental)
I love you, dear and I miss you
Honest I do-ooo, yes
But I hate myself for falling, falling

Tampa Red intro spoken:
Oh, get up ladies and gentlemen, get up
C'mon, let's have a little fun, will you?
You gonna sit there wit' the one little spot
It'll be all night.
C'mon, c'mon take a dance
While the band is all gettin' set here and ready
Ladies and gentlemen, c'mon dance, will ya?
I think they're ready right now, let's see
C'mon, boys what d'ya say?
(kazoo & clarinet instrumental)
I wished for lovely night
And my gal to hold me tight
That's the way I do, when I wanna make love
'How bout that, high'
I want a lovely song to sing
I want kisses an ev'rything
That's the way I do, when I want to make love
'Don't you do the same thing, boy?'
When she starts baby talkin'
Then, I'll do baby talk, too - yeah man!
I say, papa's little hootsie, tootsie, wootsie
Your daddy do love you
'You know what I'm talkin' about then?
Wish for a night in June
And my feeling come so soon
That's the way I do, when I want to make love
'Get it now boys, get it now'
(instrumental)
And if she starts t' baby talkin'
Then, I'll do baby talk, too
I'll say-a, papa's little hootsie, tootsie, wootsie
Your daddy do love you - yeah!
And I wish for a night in June
And my dream, you come so soon

(instrumental intro)
I have a tendency to keep a-worryin'
No matter where I am or go
And it's all because
You say you don't want me no mo'
No mo'
You've got me cryin'
You've got me sighin'
You've got me tellin' folks that never knew
How much you've got me worryin', bout you
Sun don't seem to shine, no mo'
Because of the rain
My birdie's lovely song
Don't even sound the same
I try to sing, I try to dance
But when I find myself, I'm in a trance
'Cause you got me
Pretty worried 'bout you
'Yeah! Get it now, little low'
(instrumental - clarinet & kazoo)
Sun don't seem to shine, no mo'
Because of the rain
My birdie's lovely song
Don't even sound the same
I try to sing, I try to dance
But when I find myself, I'm in a trance
'Cause you've got me
Yes, you've got me

Why can't I be your one and your only?
How can you love and leave me so lonely?
Girl, if you must go leave me
If you must go away
Each hour I'll be yearning
For your return someday
When I can't believe that all-a my scheming
And dreaming of love, we are through, no-no
But why keep me guessing?
I love you and confessing
Tell me that you love me, too
Yeah!
(instrumental & kazoo)
When I can't believe that all-a my scheming
And dreaming of love, we are through, no-no
But why keep me guessing?
I love you and confessing

If you lose your money, don't lose your mind
If you lose your money, don't lose your mind
And if you lose your sweet woman, well brother you better not mess with mine
If you ever been down, I know you know just how I feel
If you ever been down, you know just how I feel
Why I feel just like a dyin' soldier, across the battlefield
Baby I'm goin' out west, and don't wanna leave you behind
I'm goin' out west, and I don't wanna leave you behind
Because I'm afraid that when I return baby, I'm afraid that you won't be mine
(spoken:)
Aw shucks - you know what I'm talkin' about
Then how do you think I feel to go away and come back
And find you in another guy's arms
I take a brickbat and break your neck
And I don't mean maybe neither
What's the use of walkin', for when there's a freight train goin' your way
What's the use of walkin', and there's a freight train goin' your way
(I heard the train blow)
If my mind don't chage, I'm western bound today
Put your arms around me baby, just like a circle around the sun
Put your arms around me baby, like a circle around the sun
That's the way baby, Papa Red wants his lovin' done

I know baby, what you're trying to do
You can't love me 'n my buddy, too
Oh babe, my babe, oh baby
If I had-a known like I know now
I wouldn't-a been tied up with ya, no how
Oh babe, my babe, oh baby
It's funny, oh my honey
How we had to start
I wasn't thinkin' but you were thinkin'
How to break my heart
The way seem hard
But I guess it's fair
I had a good home
And I wouldn't stay there
Oh babe, oh babe, my babe
'Yes, swing now'
(instrumental)
'I hear ya Mr. piano player'
'Ha-ha, dog'
'Yeah'
'That's it'
'I'm gon' do it again for ya, ev'rybody'
'ha-ha'
'If you lose your head, you know
What goes with it finally'
'Look at that sax man'
Ha-haa!
Yes!
Uh-huh
I know baby, what you tryin' t'do
You can't love me 'n my buddy, too
Oh babe, Oh babe, my baby
If I had-a known like I know, now
I wouldn't have been tied up with ya, no how
Oh babe, Oh babe, my baby
It's funny, oh m'honey
How we had to start
I wasn't thinkin', you was thinkin'
How to break my heart
The way seem hard
But I guess it's fair
I had a good home
And I wouldn't stay there
Oh babe, Oh baby, oh babe
'Yeah, swing it now'
'Uh-huh'
Ah-yeah-yes
(sax)
Oh, you's goin' take us low
A long time in Georgia, somewhere'
'Yas-yas'
'Ah-ha, yas-yas'
(trumpet)
'Mellow fellow, like you wanna go dance'
'Ha-ha'
Oh, the way seem hard
But I guess it's fair
I had a good home
And wouldn't stay there
Oh babe, Oh baby

Grouchy Hearted Woman Trk 20 Dsc 2: 2: 50 song 43
Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker)
Aurora, Illinois, Monday, March 14, 1938 Leland Hotel Top Floor
Tampa Red- vocal, piano, Willie Bee James - guitar
Unk string bass (poss. imitation string bass)
Album: The Bluebird Recordings - Tampa Red 1936 - 1938
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
I never been so worried
So bothered in my life befo'
I never been so worried
So bothered in my life befo'
And if I just make it over
I won't be back, no mo'
My grouchy hearted, mama
She's evil as a gal can be
Oh yeah!
Now, my grouchy hearted, mama
She's evil as a gal can be
The more I try to love 'er
The less she seem to care for me
I don't mind her laughing
I love to see her have her fun
I don't mind her laughing
I love to see her have her fun
But when it come to loving
I don't want her to give 'way none
(piano)
'Oh, play it Mr. So and So
'You know what I'm talkin' bout'
'Oh yes'
'Drink up another pint there, ladies and gentlemen'
'I'm 'on get drunk and pitch me a, play a boogie-woogie'
'You know what I'm talkin' 'bout?
'I ain't gon' cheat nobody, though'
'Remember, if you always be a good fella
You'll die one'
'That right, oh yeah'
Now, my grouchy hearted, mama
Got something like a sting-a-ree
'Do you know what I'm talkin' about?'
'Ha-ha'
Now, my grouchy hearted, mama
Got something like a sting-a-ree
'You know it's tough man, too'
I believe to my soul
She done put that thing on me
Now, she's little, low an squatty
She's built right down on the ground
(A little cute devil)
She's little, low an squatty
She's built right down on the ground
Ev'rytime she kiss me
My love come tumblin' down
'Can't help it none'.

I know a gal by the name of Mae Lou
She shook it so much she had the German flu
(chorus:)
No Matter How She Done It,
No Matter How She Done It,
No Matter How She Done It,
She done it just the same
The women don't like her, they call her Ida Mae
But the way the men love her is a cryin' shame
(chorus)
I tell you people what she done
She made a hit with Jack the Ripper, and the only one
(chorus)
You women don't have to worry 'bout your life
She made Jack the Ripper throw away his knife
(chorus)
She shakes all over when she walks
She made a blind man see, and a dumb man talk
(chorus)
The copper brought her in, she didn't need no bail
She shook it for the judge, and put the cop in jail

I can't eat no more and I lost my appetite
Can't go to sleep, mama when I lay down at night
Oh baby, what am I going to do?
Come back, baby, I ain't bad no more
I've learned something, I didn't know before
Oh baby, what am I going to do?
Well, I done find out that no one else will do but you
I'm so unhappy, oh, baby can't you see
Ever since you've been gone
Everything goes wrong with me
It's bad luck and trouble everywhere I go
What I go through is no body knows
Oh baby, what am I going to do?
I got bricks in my pillow, stones on my bed
I wish I had a listen to everything you said
Oh baby, what am I going to do?
Well, my present and future all depends on you
You know I should have loved you more
I know I didn't treat you right
Well, a sweet woman like you
Need loving every day and night
Lay that thing on
Oh baby, what am I going to do?
Come back, baby

I can't be happy, mama
For bein' so blue
When ya keep on a-worryin'
The way you do
(When things go wrong)
(So wrong, wit' you)
(It hurts me, too)
That man you love, darlin'
He don't want you 'round
Whyn't ya make love with Tampa, darling?
And let's jump the town
(When things go wrong)
(So wrong, wit' you)
(It hurts me, too)
That man don't love ya, darling
Told Tampa, so
He said it was only jivin' you, darlin'
He said he was lovin' a gal next do'
(When things go wrong)
(So wrong, wit' you)
(It hurts me, too)
'Oh, but it do'
(kazoo & instrumental)
That man'll keep on doggin' you
'Till he goin' make Tampa, mad
(Grrr-rrruff!)
An then Tampa goin' get somethin' from him, darlin'
Yo man didn't know he had
(When things go wrong)
(So wrong, wit' you)
Yes (it hurts me, too)
'Play it, boy'
(kazoo & instrumental)
(When things go wrong)
(So wrong, wit' you)

Whoopee Mama Trk 10 Dsc 2 2: 49 song 33
Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker)
Aurora, Illinois, Oct. 11, 1937 Leland Hotel Top Floor
Tampa Red- vocal, guitar & piano, Willie Bee James - guitar
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
I've got a whoopee mama
She makes whopee all the time
I've got a whopee mama
She makes whoopee all the time
She stays full of dope and liquor
And clowns all over town
Whoopee mama
I sho' been good to you
Whoopee mama
I sho' been good to you
But I've done got tired
Of the dirty way you do
My whoopee mama
Treats me like a slave
My whoopee mama
Treats me like a slave
I goin' to buy me an army special
And put my baby in her grave
I work all the summer
An I work all the fall
But even spend the winter
In a dank of overhauls
Whoopee mama
You so unkind to me
But I'm sho' going to get you, baby
Yes, you wait and see
You told me that you loved me
An I caught you in a lie
Smile the day you quit me, mama
That's the day you'll die
Whopee mama
I'm going to mow you down
I'm goin' send your beautiful body
To some lonesome buryin' ground.

You Chicago women run hand in hand
You run around with one another's man
[chorus:] There's a dead cat on the line
There's a dead cat on the line
I ain't lyin', you're the cheatin' kind
There's a dead cat on the line
You come home at night talkin' out your head
You have to take a bath before you go to bed
[chorus]
You're in such a sniffer gettin' mighty strung
When you shake hands you got to hold it so long
[chorus]
She as standin' in church with her own man
I saw you when you tickled her in her hand
[chorus]
(Play it now!)
You're brownskin, your husband ain't fair
Your children all yellin' got curly hair
[chorus]
Early this mornin' 'bout half past four
I seen Bill Johnson comin' out your door
[chorus]
There's one thing I can't understand
You broke up your home and quit your reg'lar man

Show as three and throw a seven
I'm on my way to Heaven
Any time I'm on my way to see you
It's above imagination
How I love and used to hate you
Somehow I've grown so fonder of you
You got that very smile
That makes me feel so satisfied
When you're far or near
My heart is with you all the while
Every step I take towards you
Make me wait so much harder
Time to make myself more Worthy Of You
Show as three and throw a seven
I'm on my way to Heaven
Any time I'm on my way to see you
It's above imagination
How I love and used to hate you
Somehow I've grown so fonder of you
You got that very smile
That makes me feel so satisfied
When you're far or near
My heart is with you all the while
Every step I take toward you
I've tried so much the harder

You men won't like it
When you hear this song
Do as I say
And it may help you along
'Cause you got the wrong idea
Just as sure as you born
Don't blame your woman
If things at home go wrong
You men got a habit
That you know is wrong
Stay out cheating on your woman
Maybe all night long
But you got the wrong idea
Just as sure as you born
Don't blame your woman
If things at home go wrong
When the cat goes away
You know the mouse is gonna play
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout
That's why you hear me say
Men, you got the wrong idea
Just as sure as you born
Don't blame your woman
If things at home go wrong
You want your woman dally
All alone by herself
But how you expect to get it, buddy
When you got somebody else
Men, you got the wrong idea
Just as sure as you born
Don't blame your woman

Take it away there, Bob
I'm lookin' at you there, I'm lookin' at
That's old Black Bob ticklin' the ivories, there
Ladies and gentlemen, look at 'em there, c'mon
You've got to get down to it
You've got to learn to do it
Because everybody does it
And you got to learn to do it, too
You got to learn to sing it
You got to learn to swing it
Because everybody's singin'
And you got to learn swing it, too
When you see two lovers
Huggin' and kissin', don't get ashamed
Take another shot an make it hot
And do the same old thing
Oh, you got to learn to shake it
You got to learn to take it
Because everybody does it
And you got to learn to do it, too
Get it now, when they hot
When you see two lovers
Huggin' and kissin', don't get ashamed
Take another shot, make it hot!
Do the same old thing
Oh, you got to learn to shake it
You've got to learn to take it
'Cause everybody does it

You stole my heart, my dear
Look what you done with it
You made a wreck of it, sweetheart
You got my lovin', dear
You must be proud of it
You should be kind to it, sweetheart
I would live for you, I would die for you
I am your love divine to hear you say
And mean it dear, that you are only mine
But if you are happy, dear
To break my heart in two
I'll bear this pain for you, sweetheart, yeah
I would live for you and die for you
I'm your love divine to hear you say
And mean it dear, that you are only mine
If you are happy, dear
Breakin' my poor heart in two