Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." Although he came to his greatest fame in the 1950s with his pioneering rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer stretched from the 1920s into the 1980s. Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Known variously as The Boss of the Blues, and Big Joe Turner (due to his 6'2", 300+ lbs stature), Turner was born in Kansas City and first discovered his love of music through involvement in the church. Turner's father was killed in a train accident when Joe was only four years old. He began singing on street corners for money, leaving school at age fourteen to begin working in Kansas City's nightclub scene, first as a cook, and later as a singing bartender. He eventually became known as The Singing Barman, and worked in such venues as The Kingfish Club and The Sunset, where he and his piano playing partner Pete Johnson became resident performers. The Sunset was managed by Piney Brown. It featured "separate but equal" facilities for white patrons. Turner wrote "Piney Brown Blues" in his honor and sang it throughout his entire career.
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Otis Spann (March 21, 1930 – April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, who many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Spann became known for his distinct piano style.
Born to Frank Houston Spann and Josephine Erby. One of five children - three boys and two girls. His father played piano, non professionally, while his mother had played guitar with Memphis Minnie.[citation needed] Spann began playing piano by age of eight, influenced by his local ivories stalwart, Friday Ford. At the age of 14, he was playing in bands around Jackson, finding more inspiration in the 78s of Big Maceo Merriweather, who took the young pianist under his wing once Spann migrated to Chicago in 1946. Other sources say that he moved to Chicago when his mother died in 1947 playing the Chicago club circuit and working as a plasterer. Spann gigged on his own, and with guitarist Morris Pejoe, working a regular spot at the Tic Toc Lounge before hooking up with Muddy Waters in 1952.
Jay McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American Grammy Award-nominated jump blues, mainstream jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer.
During the 1940s, McShann was at the forefront of blues and hard bop jazz musicians mainly from Kansas City. He assembled his own big band, with musicians that included some of the most influential artists of their time, including Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Ben Webster and Walter Brown. His kind of music became known as "the Kansas City sound"
McShann died on December 7, 2006, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. Jay McShann was survived by his companion of more than 30 years, Thelma Adams (known as Marianne McShann), and three daughters - Linda McShann Gerber, Jayne McShann Lewis, and Pam McShann.
Nicknamed Hootie, McShann was born James Columbus McShann in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Musically, his education came from Earl Hines' late-night broadcasts from Chicago's Grand Terrace Cafe: "When 'Fatha' [Hines] went off the air, I went to bed". He began working as a professional musician in 1931, performing around Tulsa, Oklahoma and neighboring Arkansas.
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill
Well, this woman's tryin' to quit me, Lord, but I love her still
She's got eyes like diamonds, they shine like Klondike gold
She's got eyes like diamonds, they shine like Klondike gold
Every time she loves me, she sends my mellow soul
Well, you're so beautiful, you've got to die someday
Well, you're so beautiful, you've got to die someday
All I want's a little loving, just before you pass away
Pretty baby, I'm goin' away and leave you by yourself
Pretty baby, I'm goin' away and leave you by yourself
Run here pretty baby, set down on your daddy's knee
I want to tell ev'rybody, how you've been sending me
Now if that's your secret, you can keep it to yourself
'Cause if you tell me, I might tell somebody else
I ain't never loved and I hope I never will
Because a lovin' proposition, will get somebody killed
Lead me pretty baby, 'cause you know I can be led
Have no fear... Big Joe is here. OHHH you're real crazy baby-love you madly.
Well all right, well all right. You got yourself a Cadillac car
Well all right, well all right. You hangin' out in the finest bars
Well all right, well all right. You've gone just a little too far.
Well all right, well all right. Your bebops gone to your head
You used to love me baby now your love is dead.
We used to scuffle for hotdogs tell me where you got that bread.
Well you ride around with all the finest cats in town
You in your black dress and your sequin gown
Ahh you'll be coming back when the deal goes down
Solos
Down girl down (5x)
You been running all over town
(Call and response)
I said yes, yes (5x)
Yeah ought to know
(Call and response)
Well all right then
Well all reet then
Well all root then
Well all rote then
Well all right then
Well all right, well all right, well all right, well all right well all
It was early one Monday mornin',
And I was on my way to school.
It was early one Monday mornin',
When I was on my way to school.
That was the mornin'
When I broke my mother's rule.
I've been in love with you, baby,
Before I learned to call your name.
I've been in love with you, baby,
Before I learned to call your name.
Now you're in love with someone else
I know that's gonna drive me insane!
~interlude~
Ooh wee baby,
You sure look good to me.
Ooh wee baby,
You sure look good to me.
Please tell me, pretty mama
(BB King speaking:)
How about it? How about it? It takes a lot of people to make it possible,
so give 'em a big hand. Everybody is working to try to make it nicer.
Anyway! As I leave you... a little bit of Sweet Sixteen for the guys -
just a taste - give me C for Sweet Sixteen...
When I first met you baby, baby you were just sweet sixteen
First met you baby, baby you was just sweet sixteen
Just left your home then baby, oh the sweetest thing I'd ever seen
But you wouldn't do nothing for me baby, you wouldn't do anything I asked you to
You wouldn't do nothing for me baby, oh you wouldn't do anything I asked you to
You know you ran away from your home baby, and now you wanna run away from old me too
My brother's in Korea baby, my sister's down in New Orleans
Brother's in Korea baby, oh sister sister down in New Orleans
You know I'm having so much troubles people, baby I wonder what in the world is gonna happen to me
Oh yes sweet sixteen baby... sweet sixteen... oh yes
The sweetest thing baby, oh yes
The sweetest thing I ever seen
You know I'm having so much trouble people, baby I wonder what in the world's gonna happen to me
Sweet sixteen... sweet sixteen oh yes
You know I'm having so much trouble people
Baby I wonder
Yes I wonder
Baby I wonder
Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands
Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands
Well, you get in that kitchen, make some noise with the pots 'n pans
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through
I can't believe my eyes, all that mess belongs to you
I believe to the soul you're the devil and now I know
I believe to the soul you're the devil and now I know
Well, the more I work, the faster my money goes
I said shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul
Yeah, blow Joe!
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store
Well I can look at you till you ain't no child no more
Ah, shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul
I get over the hill and way down underneath
I get over the hill and way down underneath
You make me roll my eyes, even make me grit my teeth
I said shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Shake, rattle and roll, shake, rattle and roll
Well, you won't do nothin' to save your doggone soul
Rock me baby, honey, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me baby, like my back ain't got no bone
Roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
I want you to roll me baby, like you roll a wagon wheel
Want you to roll me baby, you don't know how it makes me feel
Rock me baby, honey, rock me slow
Yeah, rock me pretty baby, baby rock me slow
My heart is heavy as lead
Because the blues has done spread
Rocks in my bed
Of all the people I see
Why do they pick on poor me
and put rocks in my bed
All night long I weep
So how can I sleep
with rocks in my bed
There's only two kinds of people
I can't understand
There's only two kinds of people
I can't understand
That's a deceitful woman
And a hard faced man
She took my man away
And ain't goin' bring him back
She took my man away
And ain't goin' bring him back
She's lower than a snake down in a wagon track
(bridge)
I got rocks in my bed
I got rocks in my bed
Rocks in my bed
I got rocks in my bed
Under-loved, over-fed
My man's gone, so instead
I got rocks in my bed
Under-loved, over-fed
My man's gone, so instead
Well I've been to Kansas City
Girls and everything is really alright
Yes, I've been to Kansas City
Girls and everything is really alright
Yeah the boys jump and swing
And to the broad daylight
Yes I dreamed last night
I was standin' on 18th and vine
Yes I dreamed last night
I was standin' on 18th and vine
I shook hands with Piney Brown
An' I could hardly keep from cryin'
Now come to me baby
I want to tell why I'm in love with you
Please come to me baby
I want to tell you why I'm in love with you
Because you understan'
Everything I do
I want to watch you baby
When the tears roll down your cheeks
Yes, I want to watch you baby
When the tears roll down your cheeks
I wanna hold your hand
Tell you that your kind can't be beat
I wake up every morning
Honey, with the risin' sun
I wake up every morning
Baby, with the risin' sun
Thinkin' about my honey dripper
And all the wrong she's done
When you see my baby
Tell her I said, hurry home
If you see my baby
Tell her I said, hurry home
I ain't had no real good lovin'
Since my gal been gone
She's a little bitty girl
And they call her Vita Lee
She's a little bitty girl
And they call her Vita Lee
Well, the poor girl's gone
But she sure was good to me
I don't mind cryin', baby
But I hate to sleep all by myself
Don't mind cryin', baby
But I hate to sleep all by myself
Well, the little girl I'm in love with
How Long Blues
--Written and sung by Big Joe Turner
How long, Baby how long,
Must I keep my clothes in pound?
[Chorus:]
How long,
How how long,
Baby how long?
I can see the green grass growing way up on yonder
hill;
But I ain't seen the greenback on the dollar bill.
So long
So long
Baby so long
Well, I wish I could holler
And I’d scream like a mountain jack
I’d go way up on the mountain
And I’d call my baby back
But how long
How long
Has that evening train been gone
How long
How long
Baby, how long
Play the blues!
Ah let 'em roll like a big wheel
In a Georgia cotton field
Honey hush.
Come in this house, stop all that yackety yack
Come in this house, stop all that yackety yack
Come fix my supper, don't want no talkin' back
Well, you keep on jabberin', you talk about this and that
Well, you keep on jabberin', you talk about this and that
I got news for you baby, you ain't nothin' but an alley cat.
Turn off the waterworks, baby, they don't move me no more
Turn off the waterworks, baby, they don't move me no more
When I leave this time, I ain't comin' back no more.
Honey hush.
Come in this house, stop all that yackety yack
Come in here woman, stop all that yackety yack
Don't make me noivous [nervous], 'cause I'm holdin' a baseball bat.
Singin' hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long
Corrine, Corrina, where you been so long
I ain't had no lovin' since you've been gone.
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
I love you so.
I love Corrina, tell the world I do
I love Corrina, tell the world I do
I pray every night she learns to love me too.
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
I love you so.
I left Corrina, way across the sea
I left Corrina, way across the sea
If you see Corrina , send her home to me.
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
I love you so.
[Instrumental Interlude]
Corrine, Corrina, why don't you come on home
Corrine, Corrina, why don't you come on home
I'm mighty tired, bein' all alone.
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Corrine, Corrina
Chains of love
Has tied my heart to you
Chains of love
Have made me feel so blue
Well, now I'm your prisoner
Tell me what you're gonna do
Are you gonna leave me
Are you gonna make me cry
Are you gonna love me
Are you gonna make me cry
These chains of blues gonna haunt me
Until the day I die.
Well, if you're gonna leave me
Please won't you set me free
Well, if you're gonna leave me
Please won't you set me free
I can't stay here with these chains
Less'n you stay on here with me
Well, three 'o clock in the morning
Baby the moon is shining bright
Yeah, three 'o clock in the morning
The moon is shining bright
I'm just sitting here wondering
She wears loafer shoes, a dungaree
Red jacket shirt if you please
My boogie woogie, boogie woogie, boogie woogie country girl
Well I mean what I mean, my boogie woogie country girl
Now she digs that music with a beat
Rock 'n' rollin' is her need
My boogie woogie, boogie woogie, boogie woogie country girl
Well I mean what I mean, my boogie woogie country girl
On Saturday night she comes to town
She plays the jukebox, let her hair hung down
My boogie woogie, boogie woogie, boogie woogie country girl
Well I mean what I mean, my boogie woogie country girl
Let 'em roll
She digs some cherries, she can milk a cow
Don't like squares, though daddy taught her how
My boogie woogie, boogie woogie, boogie woogie country girl
Well I mean what I mean, my boogie woogie country girl
She's up every mornin' about half past five
She likes to go fishin' 'cause it keeps you alive
My boogie woogie, boogie woogie, boogie woogie country girl
Well I mean what I mean, my boogie woogie country girl
Now when she's dancin' the kids hang around
They dig my baby 'cause she really goes to town
My boogie woogie, boogie woogie, boogie woogie country girl
Oh, you dig what I mean, my boogie woogie country girl
Yeah, swing it man, I like a good rockin' band
Yeah, we need to knock a-knockin'
And I love to rock a-rockin'
Yeah, my boogie, boogie woogie country girl
Early in the m'ning, yeah
Yeah, come to me mama, hold me in your arms
Boogie woogie, boogie woogie, boogie woogie country girl
Play it man, oh
I need a brand new car
I need a ring TV in the back motter
Home like a jiggao
But all I need is a girl, oh, yeah
It ain't no fun livin' by yourself
When all these chicks got someone else
I hope I live to see the day
When a fine little girl will come my way
I need a lota soup
When the summer goes around
I need pocket full of gold when I hit the town
Well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk
Well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk
Fell head over heels for that hawk's sweet talk
She said take me up hawky, take me up in the sky
She said take me up hawky, take me up in the sky
I'm just a little bitty chicken and I don't know how to fly
He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day
Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day
Up, up, up, up, and away
He met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue
He met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue
Well the eagle told the hawk, I'm goin steal that chicken from you.
Well the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet
Well the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet
He said cool down chicken, the eagle ain't got us yet
He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day
Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day
Up, up, up, up, and away
{saxophone solo}
Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon
Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon
He said cool down, baby, we're going to be there soon.
He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day
Up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day
In the evening, in the evening
Baby, when the sun goes down
In the evening, baby when the sun goes down
Well, ain't it lonesome, man ain't happy, Sonny Boy
When your love is not around
Oh, when the sun goes down
Last night I laid sleeping
I was thinking to myself
Last night I lay there sleepin'
I was thinkin' to myself
Thinkin 'bout the one that we loved best, gone
Mistreat you for somebody else
Oh, when the sun goes down
Sun rises in the east
It sets in the west
Sun rising east, Sonny Boy
Said take me in the west
Well, ain't it hard to tell, your heart to *car'
Which ones that will fit you the best
Oh, when the sun goes down
Woo, hittin' me
Oh, ooh, oh
Hoo, hittin' you
Love, is cold, Sonny
Hoo, gettin' mean
Lordy!
Goodbye, my old sweetheart
Where have you been?
Yeah, just went away
I may be back there, see you again
Some rainy day
Well, in the ev'nin, in the ev'nin, baby
Honey, when the sun goes down
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Is you is or is you ain't
There goes my babe up a tree
Gigglin' and wigglin' her toes at me
Let me put my glasses on
I had such fun since she's been gone
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Is you is or is you ain't
Hound dogs scratchin' fleas
Lookin' like she's in love with me
Licks my hand everywhere I go
I wish my baby loved me so
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Now is you is or is you ain't
A lipstick, a lipstick, powder and paint
A lipstick, a lipstick, powder and paint
Powder and paint
Taller than the barnyard, ten feet high
Hide me till your man pass by
Don't you sneeze and don't you cough
If you get dusty I'll brush you off
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Is you is or is you ain't
What kind of love is that you make
The world starts a-tremblin' and the buildings shake
Love me and hug me once again
Let the roof and the walls come tumblin' in
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Lipstick, powder and paint
Well I'm from the country baby, just blowed into your great big town
Well I'm from the country baby, just blowed into your great big town
Well, I heard about you baby and I know what you've been putting down
Well I know you baby, you're from Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop
Well I know you baby, you're from Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop
Well, it aint no city, just a little old whistle stop
Well, now you remember, please don't hold me so tight
Well, now you remember, please don't hold me so tight
We standing on the corner and it might not look just right
It's been a long time, since I carried your books to school
It's been a long time, since I carried your books to school
We had a whole lotta fun riding home on grandpa's mule
Jump into my Roadmaster baby, this time we're riding in class
Jump into my Roadmaster baby, this time we're riding in class
Troubled in mind, I'm little blue
Bet you, I won't be blue always
'Cause that ol' sun's gonna shine
On Jerry Lee Lewis's back door step someday
I'm gonna lay my head
On somebody's lonesome railroad line
Let that ol' midnight special
Ease my troubled mind
Well, they tell me that old graveyard
Is a mighty lonesome place
Lord, they put you six feet under
Shovellin' mud directly in your face
Well, goodbye, baby, may God bless you
And may He bless ol' killer a little bit too
Oh, don't meet you over yonder, baby
When they throw that Jerry right over you
Troubled in mind, when I'm little blue
Bet you, I won't be blue always
'Cause the sun's gonna shine on, on my back door step
Down in the barnyard picking up chips
Along came a moo cow swinging her hips
I get lonesome everyday
'Cause my baby walks that way
Morning, noon & night
Morning, noon & night
Love you pretty baby
Morning, noon & night
Monday wash is on the line
I see yours right next to mine
I would enjoy myself the most
If I ever got that close
Morning, noon & night
Morning, noon & night
Love you pretty baby
Morning, noon & night
All the dishes in the kitchen sink
Sit down baby, let's have a little drink
I will hold you on my knee
Ain't no sense in you killing me
Morning, noon & night
Morning, noon & night
Love you pretty baby
Morning, noon & night
Come here baby, walk across the street
Bring me back some stew and meet
I will go and when I'm gone
The neighbors say you'll carry on
Morning, noon & night
Morning, noon & night
Love you pretty baby
Morning, noon & night
Woke up this morning about a half past four
Beer cans and bottles all over the floor
There's one thing I would like to know
How you stay high and live so low
Morning, noon & night
Morning, noon & night
Love you pretty baby
Come on, little baby, play hide 'n' go seek with me
Come on, little baby, play hide 'n' go seek with me
We're gonna play the game, the way it oughta be
Now, I spy, kick 'em in the eye
I'm gonna get you sweetie pie
Oh-boy, oh-boy, oh-boy
Have me some fun tonight
Go way over yonder' hide behind the big oak tree
Go way over yonder' hide behind the big oak tree
Ain't nobody gonna play the game, but you and me
Now, ten, twenty, twenty-five, thirty
Thirty-five, fourty... lawdy miss clawdy
Oh-boy, oh-boy, oh-boy
Get me some love tonight
Now, all ain't here, can't hide over
You can't hide behind a four leaf clover
Oh-boy, oh-boy, oh-boy
Have me some fun tonight
Now, I spy, kick 'em in the eye
I'm gonna get you sweetie pie
Oh-boy, oh-boy, oh-boy
Have me some fun tonight
Are you ready? No-no-no-no
Are you ready? No-no-no-no
Are you ready? No-no-no-no
Are you ready? No-no-no-no
Are you ready? Yes-yes!
When i first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
When i first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
You just left your home then, woman
Ah, the sweetest thing i'd ever seen
But you wouldn't do nothing, baby
You wouldn't do anything i asked to
You wouldn't do nothing for me, baby
You wouldn't do anything i asked to
You know you ran away from your home, baby
And now you wanna run away from old b. too
You know i loved you, baby
I loved you before i could call your name
You know i loved you, baby
Baby i loved you, i love you before i could call your name
Well, it seems like everything i do now baby
Everything i do is in vain
My brother's in korea, baby
My sister's down in new orleans
Brother's in korea baby
My sister's down in new orleans
You know i'm having so much trouble woman
Baby, i wonder, what in the world is gonna happen to me
You know i love you
And i'll do anything you tell me to
You know i love you
And i'll do anything you tell me to
Well, there ain't nothing in the world, woman
Babe, it ain't nothing
Nothing in the world i wouldn't do it for you
You can treat me mean, baby
But i'll keep on loving you just the same
You can treat me mean baby
But i'll keep on loving you just the same
But one of these days, baby
You're gonna give a lot of money
To hear someone call my name
Yes, sweet sixteen baby... sweet sixteen...
Yes, the sweetest thing baby
The sweetest thing i ever seen
You know i'm having so much trouble, woman
Baby i wonder
Yes i wonder
Baby i wonder
Come on, little baby, play hide 'n' go seek with me
Come on, little baby, play hide 'n' go seek with me
We're gonna play the game, the way it oughta be
Now, I spy, kick 'em in the eye
I'm gonna get you sweetie pie
Oh-boy, oh-boy, oh-boy
Have me some fun tonight
Go way over yonder' hide behind the big oak tree
Go way over yonder' hide behind the big oak tree
Ain't nobody gonna play the game, but you and me
Now, ten, twenty, twenty-five, thirty
Thirty-five, fourty... lawdy miss clawdy
Oh-boy, oh-boy, oh-boy
Get me some love tonight
Now, all ain't here, can't hide over
You can't hide behind a four leaf clover
Oh-boy, oh-boy, oh-boy
Have me some fun tonight
Now, I spy, kick 'em in the eye
I'm gonna get you sweetie pie
Oh-boy, oh-boy, oh-boy
Have me some fun tonight
Are you ready? No-no-no-no
Are you ready? No-no-no-no
Are you ready? No-no-no-no
Are you ready? No-no-no-no
Are you ready? Yes-yes!
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill
Well, this woman's tryin' to quit me, Lord, but I love her still
She's got eyes like diamonds, they shine like Klondike gold
She's got eyes like diamonds, they shine like Klondike gold
Ev'ry time she loves me, she sends my mellow soul
Well, you're so beautiful, you've got to die someday
Well, you're so beautiful, you've got to die someday
All I want's a little loving, just before you pass away
Pretty baby, I'm goin' away and leave you by yourself
Pretty baby, I'm goin' away and leave you by yourself
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill
Well, I got a gal, she lives up on the hill
Well, this woman's tryin' to quit me, Lord, but I love her still
She's got eyes like diamonds, they shine like Klondike gold
She's got eyes like diamonds, they shine like Klondike gold
Ev'ry time she loves me, she sends my mellow soul
Well, you're so beautiful, you've got to die someday
Well, you're so beautiful, you've got to die someday
All I want's a little loving, just before you pass away
Pretty baby, I'm goin' away and leave you by yourself
Pretty baby, I'm goin' away and leave you by yourself
Red sails in the sunset
Way out on the sea
Please carry my loved one
Home safely to me
He sailed at the dawning
All day I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset
I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
Then she goes sailing no more
Red sails in the sunset
Way out on the sea
Please carry my loved one
Home safely to me
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
Then she goes sailing no more
Red sails in the sunset
Way out on the sea
Please carry my loved one
Home safely to me
Please carry my loved one
I was in my bed a'sleepin', oh-boy, what a dream
I was in my bed sleepin', oh-boy, what a dream
I was dreamin' 'bout my TV Mama, the one with the big, wide screen
She got great big eyes and little bitty feet and in the waist, she's so nice and neat
She's my TV Mama, one with the big, wide screen
Every time she loves me, man, she makes me scream
She just taste like candy, boys, I really go for sweets,
I love her from her head down to her little bitty feet
Yeah, she's my TV Mama, one with the big, wide screen
Every time she loves me, oh yes, I'm bound to scream
I'm just kind-a rollin', tumblin', talkin' all out of my head
Well just I'm rollin' and tumblin', man, I'm talkin' all out of my head
I get the blues, I get me a rockin' chair
I get the blues, baby get me a rockin' chair
Well, if the blues overtake me gonna rock right away from here
I get lonesome, I jump on the telephone
I get lonesome, I jump on the telephone
I call my baby, tell her I'm on my way back home
Flip, flop and fly, I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly, [Incomprehensible]
Ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
One kiss, hold it a long long time
One kiss, hold it a long long time
You love me baby, till the feelin' hits my head like wine
Flip, flop and fly, don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly, [Incomprehensible]
Ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog, sittin' on a hollow stump
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog, sittin' on a hollow stump
I've got so many women, I don't know which way to jump
Flip, flop and fly, I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly, [Incomprehensible]
Don't leave me, don't ever say goodbye yeah
I get the blues, I get me a rockin' chair
I get the blues, baby I get me a rockin' chair
The blues overtake me gonna rock right away from here
Get lonesome, I jump on the telephone
Get lonesome, I jump on the telephone
Call my baby, tell her I'm on my way back home
Flip, flop and fly, I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly, [Incomprehensible]
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
One kiss, hold it a long, long time
One kiss, hold it a long, long time
You love me baby, till the feelin' hits my head like wine
Flip, flop and fly, I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly, [Incomprehensible]
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog, sittin' on a hollow stump
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog, sittin' on a hollow stump
I've got so many women, don't know which way to jump
Flip, flop and fly, don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly, [Incomprehensible]
Don't leave me, don't ever say goodbye
Get the blues, I get me a rockin' chair
Get the blues, I get me a rockin' chair
If the blues overtake me gonna rock right away from here
Get lonesome, I jump on the telephone
Get lonesome, I jump on the telephone
Call my baby, tell her I'm on my way back home
Flip, flop and fly, don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly, [Incomprehensible]