SOMEBODY'S BEEN USING THAT THING
(Thomas A Dorsey, Hudson Whittaker (Tampa Red))

I went to see my gal. She wouldn't let me in.
She said she had company now; I would have to call again.
CHO: Somebody's been using that thing.
Somebody's been using that thing.
Sure as you're born, somebody's been a-using that thing.

Papa is the iceman. Mama likes to sing.
Sister got her armful for shaking that thing. CHO.

There's old Uncle Ben. He's nigh ninety-six.
He just got back from ... the thing fixed. CHO.

I had a gal. She was little and low.
She used to let me shake it but she don't no mo'. CHO.

There's old Jane. She bought herself a hat.
Believe it or not, the thing is tight like that. CHO.

[As recorded by Tampa Red, 1934. Also recorded by Milton Brown, the Callahan Brothers, the Hokum Boys, Al Miller, Big Bill Broonzy, and Leadbelly. JTD]