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Thread #155143   Message #3646847
Posted By: Joe Offer
31-Jul-14 - 02:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Red Nightgown Blues (Jimmie Davis)
Subject: ADD: Red Nightgown Blues (Jimmie Davis)
I combined the lyrics from Spoutnik and 12-stringer, and listened to the recording. Here's my transcription:

RED NIGHTGOWN BLUES
(Jimmie Davis)

We bought the license went to see Parson Brown,
Corrine couldn't wait and she throwed me down;
Says now Parson don't wait so long,
Two more minutes and I'm going wrong.
She's comin' through town in a red nightgown,
Somebody head Corinne.

With two head locks and a sock in the jaw,
I said, "Corinne, what's the matter now?"
Said, "Papa steady, don't take me so fast,
If you take me too fast, sweet mama can't last."
She's comin' through town in a red nightgown,
Somebody head Corinne.

[instrumental break]

We went home to settle down,
Corinne chased me round and round;
Says "Now Papa, don't you run,
You're my meat, you son of a gun."
She's comin' through town in a red nightgown,
Somebody head Corinne.

She called in the neighbors to head me off,
I made a high dive for the old hayloft;
About daybreak, I must say,
In the peanut hay sweet mama strayed.
She's goin' through town in a red nightgown,
Somebody head Corinne.

[instrumental break]

Well, the goobers flew and the hay went wild,
Fireman, fireman, save my child!
Never again will I settle down
With the girl they call Corinna Brown.
She's comin' through town in a red nightgown,
Somebody head Corinne.

[instrumental to end]

from a 1932 Bluebird recording by Jimmie Davis, #B-5699-A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrXwcZPqaSs

This page says peanut hay was brought to the U.S. from Brazil in 1936. But the recording is from 1932. Maybe "peanut hay" isn't the right word here.