[Dixielandjazz] Re: I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll, verse

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Sat Jun 18 16:19:01 PDT 2005


Dear Gordon,
Herewith the Spencer Williams lyrics for Clarence Williams' "I Ain't Gonna
Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll" (1919.)

verse
Little Willie Green from New Orleans
A greedy boy was he.
He always wanted a lot of feed
Just to keep his company.

One day his ma bought him a jelly roll
The best cake that was made.
And when the kids began to hang around
Then this what Willie said:

chorus
Now, I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll
etc.

Like you I was unable to find it on-line, so dug out the Mamie Smith version
(6 Dec 1922) and transcribed it.
Kind regards,
Bill. 





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