IF I LET YOU GET AWAY WITH IT ONCE (YOU'LL DO IT ALL OF THE TIME)
(Frost/Rose)

Now, if I let you get away with it once,
You'll do it all of the time.
Now, if you think I'm getting crazy 'bout you,
You'd better change your mind.
You had a sweet man, wouldn't cheat any more,
And had a dozen keys that fit in my back door,
But if I let you get away with it once,
You'll do it all of the time,
And I know it. You'll do it all of the time.

Now, if I let you get away with it once,
You'll do it all of the time.
Now, baby, if you think I'm getting crazy 'bout you,
You'd better change your mind.
I took you to be a better gal than that,
But what I caught you doing was really tight like that.
So if I let you get away with it once,
You'll do it all of the time,
And Tampa knows it. You'll do it all of the time.

Now, baby, if I let you get away with this mess this time,
You'll do it all of the time.
Now, if you think I'm getting crazy 'bout you,
You'd better change your mind.
Now, you say you went to see a picture show today,
But when you come home, didn't know the name of the play,
But if I let you get away with it once,
You'll do it all of the time,
And Tampa knows it. You'll do it all of the time.

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1934. Also recorded by Clarence Williams, Sidney Bechet, and Margaret Johnson. JTD]