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Thread #90961   Message #1731820
Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-May-06 - 01:23 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Don't Give All the Lard Away
Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T GIVE ALL THE LARD AWAY
There's a complete mp3 file at The Roots Music Listening Room. Here's my transcription:

DON'T GIVE ALL THE LARD AWAY
Clifford Hayes/Lockwood Lewis
As recorded by The Dixieland Jug Blowers

Jazzbo Green was a wise, wise boy from down in my hometown.
He always wondered why his ma had lots of company round.
The folks would borrow everything. Jazzbo thought it hard.
Deacon Mose called round one day, tried to borry lard.
Jazzbo tried to figure out why the deacon called round each day.
Now ol' Jazz knows everything. To his ma he'd say:

Oh, Mama, don't give all the lard away.
Save some mo' for a rainy day.
He's good-lookin', true enough.
Take yo' time. You know yo' stuff.
Don't let him hold yo' hand.
You know he's not yo' man.
He's from the East.
Save the grease.
Mama don't give all the lard away.