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GUEST,Wendy Weed songs (92* d) Lyr Add: REEFER MAN (Cab Calloway) 02 Mar 01


I've always enjoyed Cab Calloway's "Reefer Man" because it's just so goofy. I think Don Redman did it too. I found the lyrics below at this site , which seems to be a list of drug-related songs and their lyrics.

There's also this site, posted by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University: SOURCES OF OLD-TIME DRUG MUSIC .


THE REEFER MAN
(Razaf-Robinson)
As recorded by Cab Calloway, Brunswick 6340, 1932.

Oh, have you ever met that funny reefer man?
Have you ever met that funny reefer man?
If he says he swam to China,
He'll sell you South Carolina,
Then you know you're talking to that reefer man.

Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
Have you ever met the funny reefer man?
If he says he walks the ocean
Any time he takes the notion,
Then you know you're talking to that reefer man.

Have you ever met this funny reefer man?
Have you ever met this funny reefer man?
If he trades you dimes for nickels
And calls watermelons pickles,
Then you know you're talking to that reefer man.

Have you ever met a funny reefer man?
Have you ever met a funny reefer man?
If he takes a sudden mania,
Wants to give you Pennsylvania,
Then you know you're talking to the reefer man.

Have you ever met a funny reefer man?
Have you ever met a funny reefer man?
If he says Wall Street is manic
'Cause you won't sell the Atlantic,
Then you know you're talking to that reefer man.


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