It's Murder

Transcribed from Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra, recorded October 27, 1936.
From Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra, 1936-1940, Chronological Classics,  vol. 564.

Now, all you gals, come gather 'round, stop ravin' about your men!
And let me tell you how sweet mine is, though he's a mess of sin;

'Cause when my baby makes love to me, it's murder!
Now, when he turtle-doves me, that's murder!
Now, when he feels temperamental, I just let him have his way,
I can only see him twice a week; he's a member of the PWA!

Now when my baby caresses me, it's murder!
But if he ever dispossesses me I will commit murder!
Now, if I tell him that he's not mine,
He turns into Frankenstein,
Makes shivers run up and down my spine; aah, that's murder!

Now, when my baby makes love to me, it's murder!
Now, when he turtle-doves me, that's murder!
Now, when he feels temperamental, I just let him have his way,
You know, he ain't afraid of the big, bad wolf; I found that out today!

Now when my baby caresses me, it's murder!
But if he ever dispossesses me I will commit murder!
Now, he drinks liquor and everything,
He's the guy who's got that swing,
But when he shakes that thing, hmmm, that's murder!
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