 Genius Lyrics
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Louis Jordan – Caldonia
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[Verse 1] / Walkin' with my baby, she got great big feet / She long, lean and lanky ain't had nothing to eat / But she's my baby / And I love her just the same / Crazy 'bout that
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Louis Jordan – Beans and Cornbread
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Beans and Cornbread had a fight / Beans knocked Cornbread out of sight / Cornbread said, "Now that's alright / Meet me on the corner tomorrow night / "I'll be ready, I'll be ready
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Louis Jordan – Let The Good Times Roll
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Hey everybody / Let's have some fun / You only live but once / And when you're dead, you're done / So let the good times roll / Let the good times roll / Don't care if you're young
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Louis Jordan – Deacon Jones
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This song by Louis Jordan revolves around a certain special deacon. A deacon is a minister of a church that is right below the ranking of a priest. The song initially has a good-
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Louis Jordan – Early In The Mornin'
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'Ey Pedro, where is your little? / Early in the mornin' and I can't get right / Had a little date with my baby last night / Now it's early in the mornin' / Early in the mornin
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Louis Jordan – Happy Birthday Boogie
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Happy birthday to you and I hope you have many more / Happy birthday to you and I hope you have many more / I hope all your dreams come marching through that door / I hope you get
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Louis Jordan – G.I. Jive
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The P-F-C, the C-P-L, the S-G-T, the L-T / C-P, the O-D, the M-P makes you do catvee / It's the G. I. Jive / Man alive / It starts with the bugler blowin' reveille over your bed
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Louis Jordan – Run Joe
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A calypso number that topped the charts during the first half of 1947, “Run Joe” featured the Calypso Boys on maracas and claves. “Run Joe” was recorded during an April 1947
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Louis Jordan – Knock Me A Kiss
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I like cake / And no mistake / But baby, if you insist / I'll cut out cake / Just for your sake / Baby, c'mon knock me a kiss / I like pie / I hope to die / Just get a load of this
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Louis Jordan – Saturday Night Fish Fry
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[Verse 1] / Now if you've ever been down to New Orleans / Then you can understand just what I mean / Now all through the week it's quiet as a mouse / But on Saturday night they go
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Louis Jordan – Five Guys Named Moe
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“Five Guys Named Moe” is a late swing-era novelty track that describes the personalities and talents of five musicians; Big Moe, Little Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, No Mo’, and Eat Mo’. The
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Louis Jordan – Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
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Released as the B-side of a single with “G.I. Jive”, and co-written by Jordan and Billy Austin.
Reached #1 on the US folk/country charts, and also peaked at number two for three
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Louis Jordan – Friendship
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Ain't that Zeke sittin' over there? (Yeah, that's him) / Zeke, you dirty so and so / I wanna talk to you, Zeke / You ain't no good, and I ain't no 'frigillator, I can't keep nothin
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Louis Jordan – Beware
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Louis Jordan gives girl advice to a man, which is “be cautious but know when the time is right”. This song’s sister song, Look Out by Louis Jordan, contains boy advice for a woman.
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Louis Jordan – Ration Blues
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Baby, baby, baby / What's wrong with Uncle Sam? / He's cut down on my sugar / Now he's messin' with my ham / I got the ration blues / Blue as I can be / Oh, me, I've got those
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Louis Jordan – I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
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I'm gonna move way out on the outskirts of town / I'm gonna move way out on the outskirts of town / I don't want nobody, ooh always hangin' around / I'm gonna tell you baby, we
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Louis Jordan – Keep A-Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)
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Keep a-knockin' but you can't come in / Keep a-knockin' but you can't come in / Keep a-knockin' but you can't come in / Come back tomorrow night and try again / [Instrumental Break
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Louis Jordan – Pettin' and Pokin'
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Now this is the story of Jack and Jill / And I don't mean the couple who went up the hill / I just mean a couple o' lovers that live next door / And they’re always battlin' and I'm
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan – Baby It’s Cold Outside
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I really can't stay / But, baby, it's cold outside / I got to go 'way / But baby, it's cold outside / This evening has been / Been hoping that you'd drop in / So very nice / I'll
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Louis Jordan – Salt Pork, West Virginia
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Mack Neal, Mack Neal, don't steal my automobile / I'll take you to a cafe and buy you a fine meal / Jack, I gotta do some ridin' / Soon we gotta come to a dividin' / I don't wanna
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Louis Jordan – Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)
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Down in Arkansas / They serve you cole slaw / Chopped up finer than a bale o' straw / When you crunch and gnaw / A bunch o' cole slaw / Keeps you chewin' like a cross cut saw
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Louis Jordan – Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
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One night farmer Brown was takin' the air / Locked up the barnyard with the greatest of care / Down in the hen house, somethin' stirred / When he shouted, "Who's there?" / This is
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Louis Jordan – Buzz Me
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When I saw you this morning, baby / Tell me why did you walk away / When I saw you this morning, baby / Tell me why did you walk away / Can't believe that you don't want me / I
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Louis Jordan – Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
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Headin' for the station with a pack on my back / I'm tired of transportation in the back of a hack / I love to hear the rhythm of the clickety-clack / And hear the lonesome whistle
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Louis Jordan – Sure Had a Wonderful Time
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I sure had a wonderful time last night / Least wise they tell me i did / I sure had a wonderful time last night / Really blew my lid / Went to a party, i recollect that much / But
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Louis Jordan – (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
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You're a freckled gal / You're a pug-nosed cutie / Sweet as Charlotte russe / You've got big blue eyes / So I ask you why / Have you dyed your hair chartreuse? / Chartreuse (
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Louis Jordan – The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)
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There once were two little squirrels / Who loved to romp and play / They'd run around through the meadows / So happy and so gay / But when the summer was over / They both began to
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Louis Jordan – Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
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Don't let the sun catch you crying / Crying at my front door / You done your daddy dirty / And he don't want you around here no more / Don't let the sun catch you crying / Lying at
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Louis Jordan – Texas and Pacific
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I know you heard of the Chattanooga Choo Choo / The Rock Island / The New York Central / The New Haven and Hartford / The Pennsylvania / The Missoura Pacific / The Southern Pacific
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Louis Jordan – Blue Light Boogie
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They did the Boogie real slow with the blue lights way down low / They did the Boogie real slow with the blue lights way down low / 1 / I went to a party, was nothin’ there but
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Louis Jordan – Look Out
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Louis Jordan gives boy advice to a woman, which is “be cautious but know when the time is right”. This song’s brother song, Beware by Louis Jordan, contains girl advice for a man.
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Louis Jordan – Azure Te
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Gone and got the blues in Paris / Paris blues called Azure Te / How can I be blue in Paris? / Easy 'cause you're far away / Can't lose this blues this Azure Te / Sidewalk tables
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Louis Jordan – May Every Day Be Christmas
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[Verse 1] / May every day be Christmas and every day be blessed / May the end of every day be filled with happiness / And may the Lord be good to you with every rising sun / All
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Louis Jordan – Reet Petite and Gone
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I found a gal that beats 'em all / She isn't too short and she isn't too tall / She's in the groove and right on the ball / She's reet, petite and gone / What a babe, she's the
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Louis Jordan – Ain't That Just Like a Woman
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Louis Jordan bemoans the purported tendency of women to corrupt men and undertake morally questionable actions and decisions in this jazz tune; most of the claims are Biblical
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Louis Jordan – Hungry Man
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I know a chef in Albuquerque / Who excels in bakin' turkey / So when I want turkey, I go to Albuquerque / 'Cause I'm such a hungry man / There is a cook in East St. Louis / Who
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Louis Jordan – I Like 'Em Fat Like That
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I Like'em Fat Like That (Claude de Metrius/Louis Jordan/J. Mayo Williams) / Let the cats all criticize / Joke about my baby's size; / She's reet with me / Because you see: / I like
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Louis Jordan – You Can't Get That No More
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I went out to get some groceries the other day / From my neighborhood grocery store / And before I could open my mouth / The grocery man said "No!" / "You can't get that no more
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Louis Jordan – Junco Partner
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Down the road came a Junco Partner / Boy, he was loaded with misery / He was knocked out, knocked out loaded / And he wobbled all over the street / Had to do six months / (You mean
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Louis Jordan – Barnyard Boogie
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Oink oink! / Moo moo! / Oink oink moo! / Oink oink moo moo! / Q-q-quack! Q-q-quack! / Peep peep! Peep peep! / "Peep peep" said the chick in the barnyard pen / "Quack quack" said
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Louis Jordan – Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
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Git da diddle doo doo / Well, Bubba don't sit and worry 'bout the mule goin' blind / Just sit tight and hold that line / Don't worry 'bout the cow bein' poor / Just drink that milk
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Louis Jordan – What's the Use of Gettin' Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)?
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Boy, you oughta listen to your old Pappy / (Y-yes, Pappy) / And stop drinking so much / (Well I-I ain't doing so much drinking-) / Shut up boy / You drink all day and you drink all
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Louis Jordan – Jordan for President
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Vote for Jordan! Jordan for President! Vote for Jordan! We want Jordan! / Alright, folks of this thriving community / If I'm elected your president / Every Sunday evening at two-
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Louis Jordan – Mop! Mop!
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Mop mop! A thousand years ago / Mop mop! A guy named Jungle Joe / Was a drummer man in a Zulu band / That made swing history / Mop mop! One day the king said "Gate! / Why Gate, you
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Louis Jordan (Ft. His Tympany Five) – I Want You to Be My Baby
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I (I) / I want (I want) / I want you (I want you) / I want you to (I want you to) / I want you to be (What?) / I want you to be my baby / Will (Will) / Will you (Will you) / Will
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Louis Jordan – No Sale
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Hey baby, the deal ain't real / I ain't going for that hype / Cause you ain't the type / Cut out all that trash / Go out and gt yourself some cash / I ain't falling for that mush
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Louis Jordan – Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
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Somebody done changed / Somebody done changed the lock on that door / Somebody done changed / They done changed the lock on that door / 'Cause the key I got won't fit that lock no
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Louis Jordan (Ft. His Tympany Five) – Jack, You're Dead
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When you got no more assurance / Than a great big hunk o' lead / If you don't respond to romance / Jack, you're dead / When a chick is smilin' at you / Even though there's nothin
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Louis Jordan – That Chick's Too Young to Fry
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Say boy, don't you harm that bird / Don't you dare to try / Start releasin' the chicken or you'll get a lickin' / That chick's too young to fry / Hey boy, better take my word
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