Cab Calloway

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"I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"

"I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"


I'll get by
As long as I have you
Though there be rain
And darkness too
I'll not complain
I'll see it through

Poverty
May come to me, it's true
But what care I
Say, I'll get by
As long as I have you.

But what care I
Say, I'll get by
As long as I have you.

 

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"I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby"

"I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby"


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 crazy 'bout my baby,
And my baby's crazy 'bout me!

 

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"I've Got The World On A String"

"I've Got The World On A String"


I've got the world on a string
I'm sitting on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world, what a life - I'm in love

I've got a song that I sing
I can make the rain go
Any time I move my finger
Lucky me, can't you see - I'm in love

Life's a wonderful thing
As long as I hold the string
I'd be a silly so-and-so
If I should ever let her go

 

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"I've Got You Under My Skin"

"I've Got You Under My Skin"


I've got you under my skin
I've got you deep in the heart of me
So deep in my heart you're really a part of me
I've got you under my skin

I'd tried so not to give in
I said to myself this affair never will go so well
But why should I try to resist when, darling, I know so well
I've got you under my skin?

I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of having you near
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats and repeats in my ear

Don't you know, little fool, you never can win?
Use your mentality, wake up to reality
But each time I do just the thought of you
Makes me stop before I begin
'Cause I've got you under my skin

I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of having you near
In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats and repeats in my ear

Don't you know, little fool, you never can win
Why not use your mentality, wake up to reality
But each time I do just the thought of you
Makes me stop before I begin
'Cause I've got you under my skin
I've got you under my skin

 

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"It Looks Like Susie"

"It Looks Like Susie"


It looks like Susie,
It must be Susie,
I'm sure it's Susie,
But I don't know;
Could be Virginia
With her eyes of blue,
Could be Mary,
Sweet Mary Lou,
But it looks like Susie,
She talks like Susie,
She walks like Susie,
Oh, gosh, oh, gee!
Just ask her if she knows Lou
From Boston, Massachu,
If she does,
Why, then it's Susie Lee!

It looks like Susie,
Must be Susie,
I'm sure it's Susie,
Aw, but I don't know, let me see;
Could be Virginia
No, she's got eyes of blue,
Then again, it could be Mary,
Sweet Mary Lou,
Ah, but it looks like Susie,
She talks like Susie,
Ah, she walks like Susie,
And if it ain't Susie, glory!
Now, get all the friends you've known
And give a swell party at your home,
And if she breaks it up,
Whoopie! It's Susie Lee!

 

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"Jess's Natu'lly Lazy"

"Jess's Natu'lly Lazy"


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 lazy! Yeah.
Just look at you,
You just natu'lly lazy. Yeah, I'm lazy!
Sitting there watching them muddy waters play. Yeah.
'Cause you're heart's never heavy. Oh, no.
Tell me, boy, was you born that way? Just like I is now, just like I is.
Now, look here with that chicken so sweet, Chicken!
And gravy five inches deep, Good gravy!
The kind that melts right in your mouth. Great Caesar!
You sleep 'til you eat, Loves to sleep.
You eat 'til you sleep, Eat, too.
That's your busy day down South. Busy sleepin'.

You'se lazy, Yeah, I is.
Just natu'lly lazy, Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm.
Down in Dixie let him stay, Oh, what's that?
Lordy, but he's lucky,
He was born that way.

 

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"Jitter Bug"

"Jitter Bug"


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 drink it 'til the day he die!
Toot your whistle and ring your bell,
Oh, butchie-wutchie, time will tell,
Don't you worry, you just mug,
You'll always be a jitter bug!

These four boys playing saxophone,
Order jitter sauce by phone,
Central, give me Harlem 4-9-4,
I think these bugs could drink some more,
They drink sauce from morn to night
And never stop until they're tight,
Don't you worry, they just mug,
They're poor little jitter bugs!

Now, here's old Father, a wicked old man,
Drinks more sauce than the other bugs can,
He drinks jitter sauce every morn,
That's why jitter sauce was born,
See him shake with his trombone,
He just can't leave that sauce alone,
Get along, Father, you just mug,
You'll always be a jitter bug!

There's Rip Van with his eyes a-twinkle,
We named him after Rip Van Winkle,
Like Rip, he'd sleep for twenty years
If he could get his fill of beer,
Rip drinks his sauce, gets on the stand,
Soon he forgets that he's in the band,
Don't awaken him, just let him mug;
He'll always be a jitter bug.

 

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"Kickin' The Gong Around"

"Kickin' The Gong Around"


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, "Tell me where is Minnie?
My poor Minnie!
Has she been here,
Kicking the gong around?"

"If you don't know Minnie,
She's tall and skinny,
She gets her pleasure
Kicking the gong around!"

[Scat chorus]

"Just tell her Smoky Joe
Was here and had to go."
And as he departed,
The curtains parted,
And there stood Minnie
Kicking the gong around!

 

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"Limehouse Blues"

"Limehouse Blues"


And those weird China blues
Never go away
Sad, mad blues
For all the while they seem to say

Oh, Limehouse kid
Oh, oh, Limehouse kid
Goin' the way
That the rest of them did
Poor broken blossom
And nobody's child
Haunting and taunting
You're just kind of wild

Oh, Limehouse blues
I've the real Limehouse blues
Can't seem to shake off
Those real China blues
Rings on your fingers
And tears for your crown
That is the story
Of old Chinatown

Rings on your fingers
And tears for your crown
That is the story
Of old Chinatown

 

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"Little Town Gal"

"Little Town Gal"


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 the sights that used to greet your eyes,
Oh, of the country you were born in,
You'll miss those southern sunny skies.

You're just a little town gal,
Don't you go to the city,
Stay home with your folks
And you'll be sitting mighty pretty,
So listen here to me and be proud to be
A little town gal.