Transcribed from Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her
Swing Orchestra, recorded April 15, 1937,.
From Lil
Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra, 1936-1940, Chronological Classics,
vol. 564.
I've nothin' left that I can call
my own;
You took my dance, you took my
song;
Give me back my rhythm, give me
back my swing;
Give me back those songs that I
love to sing!
[Scats]
Oh, I'm on a sit-down strike for
rhythm!
On a sit-down strike for dance!
I've nothin' left to give 'em,
Not even a song of romance!
On a sit-down strike for hotcha!
I had it from M to Z,
But you stole my rhythm, you stole
my hotcha,
Ain't nothin' left for me!
Did you ever see me do a ballet?
Did you ever see me do a minuet?
But I saw you truck and do the
Suzie-Q,
Now, what do you expect me to do?
On a sit-down strike for rhythm,
On a sit-down strike for dance!
I've nothin' left to give 'em,
Not even a song of romance!
On a sit-down strike for rhythm,
A sit-down strike for dance!
I've nothin' left to give 'em,
Not even a song of romance!
On a sit-down strike for my hotcha!
I had it from M to Z,
But you stole my rhythm, you stole
my hotcha,
Ain't nothin' left for me!
Oh, yeah!
On a sit-down strike for rhythm,
On a sit-down strike for dance!
I've nothin' left to give 'em,
Not even a song of romance!
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