STREWIN' YOUR MESS
As recorded by Tampa Red, 1929.

You heard "Tight Like That," "How Long, How Long,"
But folks, I'm gonna sing another brand-new song.
It's called strewin' your mess, ah, strewin' your mess.
Ev'rybody knows it; it's called strewin' your mess.

Uncle Ned slipped out with his best girl.
Well, now he's got children all over this world
From strewin' his mess, from strewin' his mess.
Ev'rybody knows it; he was strewin' his mess.

A hen laid a egg in the hay one day.
The rooster walked up and I heard him say:
"Oh, you strewin' your mess; you're strewin' your mess.
Ev'rybody knows it; you're strewin' your mess.

SPOKEN: Now play it.

Grandpapa came home 'bout half-past two.
He asked grandmama: "Let's toodle-oodle-oo,
'Cause you're strewin' your mess; now you're strewin' your mess.
I'm wild about it, the way you strewin' your mess."

You talk about jelly shakin' on a plate.
When my gal shakes it, it just won't wait.
Now strewin' her mess, strewin' her mess.
I'm wild about it, the way she strewin' her mess.

Time for ev'rything, so they say.
The best time to boot it, just awhile 'fore day.
You can strew your mess, strew your mess.
Ev'rybody knows it; you can strew your mess.

SPOKEN: Ah, come on, mama. Stew your mess. Shake it fast. Good. Yessir.

I'm old now; can't hardly see,
But I got two more comin' in the family,
From strewin' my mess, strewin' my mess.
Ev'rybody knows it; I'm strewin' my mess.