[Dixielandjazz] Lyrics to "Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer"

[j.covo at bluewin.ch]

Thank you John,

I had said off-list thank you to Phil; I hereby reiterate!

Best regards from Geneva in Switzerland :)

Jacques Covo
Geneva Boogie & Blues 4tet



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> Le 18 mars 2019 à 12:58 AM, John Shillito <jnshillito at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Bessie Smith - Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
> Songwriter is recorded as Wesley Wilson. These are the lyrics - (as I heard and learned them many years ago...)
> Spoken intro:
> “Twenty-five cents? Ha! No, no, I wouldn't pay twenty-five cents to go in nowhere.   'Cause listen here…”
> Up in Harlem every Saturday night, when the high browns get together it's just too tight
> They all congregate at an all night strut - and what they do is tut, tut, tut...
> Old Hannah Brown from ‘cross the town gets full of corn and starts breaking 'em down
> And at the break of day, you can hear old Hannah say....
> Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer! Send me, Gate*, I don't care!
> I feel just like I wanna clown. Give the piano player a drink because he's bringing me down
> He's gotta rhythm, yeah, when he stomps his feet, he sends me right off to sleep,
> Check all your razors and your guns, we gonna be arrested when the wagon comes
> I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer! Send me 'cause I don't care,
> Play me 'cause I don't care
> Trumpet solo....... (Frankie Newton?)
> Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer! Send me, Gate*, I don't care,
> I feel just like I wanna clown. Give the piano player a drink because he's bringing me down
> He's got rhythm, yeah, when he stomps his feet he sends me right off to sleep.
> Check all your razors and your guns. Do the shim-sham shimmy 'til the rising sun
> Give me a reeefer and a gang of gin. Play me 'cause I'm in my sin.
> Play me 'cause I'm full of gin.
>  
> *“Send me, Gate” sounds like a reference to Louis Armstrong, who accompanied Bessie on some earlier sessions, although I believe the trumpeter on the recording from which I’ve transcribed the lyric was, I believe, Frankie Newton.
> 
> Best regards, cheers and good wishes, John Shillito
> 
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