Cab Calloway

fox69 · 13.06.2015

"Dinah"

"Dinah"

Dinah, is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina?
If there is and you know her
Show her to me

Dinah, with her Dixie eyes blazing
How I'd like to sit and gaze in
To the eyes of Dinah Lee

Every night why do I shake with fright?
Because my Dinah might change her mind about me

Got to tell you about Dinah
If she went to China
I'd would hop an ocean liner
Just to be with Dinah Lee

Dinah, is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina?
If there is and you know her
Show her to me

Dinah, with her Dixie eyes blazing
How I'd like to sit and gaze in
To the eyes of Dinah Lee

Every night why do I shake with fright?
Because my Dinah might change her mind about me

Here's the story about Dinah
If she went to China
I'd would hop an ocean liner
Just to be with Dinah Lee
Pretty Dinah Lee

fox69 · 13.06.2015

"Do It Again"

"Do It Again"

I love the way you kiss
Do it again
I love the way you miss
Do it again
The sugar drips from your two lips
Oh, so honey won't you kiss me again

I love the way you smile
Do it again
And every once and a while
Do it again
Oh, there it goes that wrinkled nose
I'd love to see you do it again

You have a way of flirtin'
That's why I'm certain
From now on, you are mine
Oh, there's no denyin'
How lucky I am
Oh! Oh! That's chillin' my spine

So won't you hold me tight
Kiss me again
And when we say "Good night"
Do it again
Oh, if one little kiss can bring said's bliss
You simply got to do it, do it, do it again

fox69 · 13.06.2015

"Do You Wanna Jump, Children?"

"Do You Wanna Jump, Children?"

Do you wanna jump, children?
Do you wanna run, children?
If you want to start, children,
One, two, three,
Start jumpin' with me.

Do you wanna sing, children?
Do you wanna swing, children?
Have you had your plan, children?
One, two, three,
Start jumpin' with me.

I've got trouble,
You've got trouble,
Everybody's got some!
When there trouble,
You kick your trouble
To kingdom come!

Do you wanna jump, children?
Do you wanna jive, children?
Feel that you alive, children?
One, two, three,
Start jumpin' with me.

I've got trouble,
You've got trouble,
Everybody's got some!
When there trouble,
You kick your trouble
To kingdom come!

fox69 · 14.06.2015

"Doin' The New Low-Down"

"Doin' The New Low-Down"

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 lowdown!

Got my feet to misbehaving now,
Got a soul that's not for saving now,
Hi-ho, doin' the new lowdown!

That dancin' demon, he has my feet in a trance,
'Cause when I'm dreamin', folks, I go right into that dance!

Once you hear that haunting strain to it,
I'll bet my life you'll go insane to it,
Hi-ho, doin' the new lowdown!

Hi-ho, doin' the new lowdown!

[Another Version]

Oh, make me play that crazy thing again,
I've got to do that lazy swing again,
He-de-ho, doin' the new lowdown!

I've got my feet to misbehaving now,
Got a soul, not for saving now,
Hi-de-hay, doin' the new lowdown!

That dancin' demon has my feet in a trance,
'Cause when I'm dreamin' I go right into that dance!

Once you hear that haunting strain to it,
God, I'll bet you'll go insane to it,
Hi-ho, doin' the new lowdown!

Hi-ho, doin' the new lowdown!

fox69 · 14.06.2015

"Doin' The Rhumba"

"Doin' The Rhumba"

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 and sway,
When you're doin' the rhumba!

You just
Wanna click those castanets!

What a dance,
Gets you right on the spot,
Swing out and get hot
When you're doing the rhumba!

fox69 · 14.06.2015

"Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'"

"Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'"

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 through
Changing as you do,
You find someone new!
I don't know if I'm comin' or goin'
Since I fell for you!

fox69 · 14.06.2015

"Downhearted Blues"

"Downhearted Blues"

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.

I was crazy 'bout a gal,
She mistreated me all the time,
Next gal I get, she's got to promise to
Be mine, all mine.

'Cause she mistreated me,
And she drove me from her door;
Yes, she mistreated me,
She drove me from her door,
But the Good Book says,
She'll reap just what she'll sow.

I ain't never loved but three women in all my life,
I never loved but three women in all my life,
That was my mother, my sister, and the gal that wrecked my life.

[Heavily scatted]
All the dirt you done to me
Is bound to come back to you.

fox69 · 14.06.2015

"Eadie Was A Lady"

"Eadie Was A Lady"

Maud and Mabel, seated at a table
Talking over bygone days
Mabel sporty, fat and over forty
Said, "Remember Edith Hayes"

Eadie was a sucker for a bottle and glass
But in spite of everything that gal had class
Then one winter, she wed a Chinese printer
Struck her with refined like ways

But Eadie was a lady (Eadie was a lady)
Though her past was shady (Though her past was shady)
Eadie had class, with a capital K

Though her life was merry (Though her life was merry)
She had savoir fairey (Talking of savoir fairey)
Eadie did things in a ladylike way

She would have a golden toothpick handy
After meals she'd flash it about
Remember how she used to drink her brandy
With her finger sticking well out

For Eadie was a lady (Eadie was a lady)
Ask P. I. O'Grady
Eadie had class, with a capital K

fox69 · 14.06.2015

"Emaline"

"Emaline"

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, dear
Have you told your people
Emaline
Then hurry up to drop them a line
About our wedding to be

In the church there's an old bell ringer
And he's just waiting for the time
When I put my ring on your finger
And making you mine

So, all I do is wait
For that sunday morning sun to shine
When I'm gonna walk down the line
Hand in hand with Emaline

fox69 · 14.06.2015

"Evenin'"

"Evenin'"

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 don't awaken,
For 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 don't awaken,
For my gal is gone.