MIX THAT THING
As recorded by Black Bottom McPhail with Scrapper Blackwell, 1932.

I went downtown to the music store.
They got a sign hangin' right by the door
Sayin': "Mixin' that thing.
We goin' to mix that thing.
For it's all over St. Louis; yes, we goin' to mix that thing."

Now my baby got a mixer and I have too,
And when we start to mixin', now it just won't do.
I like to mix that thing.
I like to mix that thing.
You can come over to my house; I'll show you how to mix that thing.

Now I went out the other night.
When I got back, somethin' wasn't goin' on right.
Somebody was mixin' that thing.
Somebody was mixin' that thing.
I put my ear to the keyhole; I heard somebody mixin' that thing.

Now I do mixin' ev'ry night.
When my mixer get out o' fix I want to fuss and fight.
I like to mix that thing.
I like to mix that thing.
And ev'rybody in town is wild about mixin' that thing.

Now I often hear grandma gettin' grandpa told:
"Look-a here, old man; you done got too old
For to mix that thing.
You can't mix that thing."
And it's all over St. Louis, thing about mixin' that thing.

Now the womens in new york they wears diamond rings,
But the womens in St. Louis they like to mix that thing.
I like to mix that thing.
I like to mix that thing.
And it's all over St. Louis; yes, I like to mix that thing.

Now here in St. Louis, 'bout to come to test,
Tryin' to see which one here can mix the thing the best.
I like to mix that thing.
I like to mix that thing.
And it's all over St. Louis; yes, I like to mix that thing.