Transcribed from the recording at The Red Hot Jazz Archive:

IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT
(Thomas A. "Georgia Tom" Dorsey / Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker)
As recorded by Luis Russell and His Burning Eight, Okeh 8656, Jan. 15, 1929.

Listen here, folks. I'm gonna sing a little song
But you mustn't get mad, for I mean you no wrong.

CHORUS: Oh, it's tight like that.
Oh/Yes*, it's tight like that.
Boy/Partner*, you hear me talkin' to you?
I know/mean* it's tight like that.

I went to see my gal. She lives 'cross the hall,
And I found a new mule kickin' 'round in my stall. CHORUS

I love a love a gal. She sure is fine and slim.
When she's struttin' her stuff, why, just too bad, Jim. CHORUS

[* Wording varies with each repetition of the chorus.]