TEMPTATION (TIM-TAY-SHUN)
Red Ingle and The Natural Seven
Writers: Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

Intro: Resin on the bow and here we go...pffffft!

Oh, tell me will you darlin'
Why you look so bad tonight
They's bags around yur eyeballs
Which is Red instead of White

Well, it was this a-way!

You came, I was alone
shucks! I shoulda know-ed
That you wuz TIM-TAY-SHUN
You smiled, a-lurin' me on
My heart is plumb gone
'Cause you wuz TIM-TAY-SHUN

It would be thrillin'
Iff'n yur willin'
But iff'n it never can be
Then pity for me
'Fer you wuz too bored to be kissed
I couldn't resist
'Cause you wuz TIM-TAY-SHUN
And I wuz yore'n

Yes, as the Serpent temped Adam
As the Apple tempted Eve
As a Mudhole tempts a Mosquit-er, darlin'
That's how you tempted me

And as Corn Liquor temps a Drunkard
As Sorghum tempts a Bee
As the Willer-tree tempts a Catterpillar, darlin'
That's how you tempted me

You came when I wuz alone
Shucks! I shoulda know-ed
That you wuz TIM-TAY-SHUN
You smiled, a-lurin' me on
My heart is plumb gone
'Cause you wuz TIM-TAY-SHUN

It'd be thrillin'
iff'n yur willin'
But iff'n it never can be
Then pity for me
'Cause you wuz - too bored to be kissed
I couldn't resist
'Cause you wuz TIM-TAY-SHUN
And I was yore'n

Here's my heart, take it away
Yes, take it away and say
That we will never, never, never part
I'm just a slave, just a dadburn slave
I'm a-gonna win you
'Cause yur TIM-TAY-SHUN
And I'm a red-hot slave [Hot Cinders!] fer you

SOURCE:
HILLBILLY FEVER: VOL. 4
Legends of the West Coast

Charted in 1947 by Red Ingle at # 1
Capitol single #412
recorded on May 14, 1947 charted
POP #1 and C&W #2