(Johnson, Spivey)
Transcribed from vocals by Maude Mills, recorded
June, 1927.
From Fats
Waller 1926-1927; Chronological Classics 674.
'Cause my left eye is jumping,
And my flesh begins to crawl,
I said my left eye is jumping,
And my flesh begins to crawl,
You can bet my last dollar
There's another mule kickin' in
my stall.
Oh, I ain't gonna tell you no more,
I said oh, I ain't gonna tell you
no more,
Stay away from my window,
Don't you knock at my door.
I'd rather be a catfish swimming
in the deep blue,
Lodged beneath a submarine, behind
a floating boat,
I'd rather be a catfish,
Swimming in the deep blue sea,
Than to stay in Texas, let 'em
try to mistreat me.
Oh, I ain't gonna tell you no more,
I said oh, I ain't gonna tell you
no more,
Stay away from my window,
Don't you knock at my door.
It's a mean black snake that's carried
me this gate,
Taught me my mistake, treated me
hard to take,
It's a mean black snake that's
doing me this way.
If I ever go back south, I'm going
back there to stay.
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Published 12/28/01.
Fats
Waller, excellent autobiograhy by son Maurice Waller.
You
can find transcriptions of what Fats Waller actually played in Thomas
"Fats" Waller: The Great Solos, 1929-1941, transcribed by Paul Posnak.
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