Another of my transcriptions from Spotify:


UNCLE BUD (DOG-GONE HIM)
As sung by Tampa Red on "Tampa Red Vol. 2 (1929)" (2005).

1. They told me Uncle Bud was a mighty good fella
But my … boys, you will all know better.

CHORUS: Uncle Bud, Uncle Bud,
Uncle Bud, dog-gone him, Uncle Bud.

2. Let me tell you boys what Uncle Bud will do:
Steal your jelly, make a monkey of you.

3. Now I took Uncle Bud to be my right-hand friend.
He stole my jelly 'n' in my face he grinned.

4. He ain't got no sense 'cause he didn't go to school,
But the women all thinks he's a jelly-beatin' fool.

5. Now I ain't two bits; don't talk about my friend.
Gonna kill him if I catch him at my house again.

6. Now Uncle Bud's old lady, she's a good old soul,
But I just can't stand her; she's 'most too old.

7. You might think he's all right but don't pay him no mind.
He's a-whippin' your jelly 'most all the time.

8. Boy, if you catch him at your house, don't do him no harm.
Just ask the old man to be a-moving along.

9. He's built like a tadpole, shaped like a frog.
When he love your woman, she'll holler "Hot dog!"

10. Just keep it, young lady; Tampa Red don't want it.
Uncle Bud done had his ol' paws all on it.