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Thread #158272   Message #3751966
Posted By: Jim Dixon
18-Nov-15 - 10:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs by Bo Carter [Armenter Chatmon]
Subject: Lyr Add: TWIST IT BABY (Bo Carter)
TWIST IT, BABY
As recorded by Bo Carter, 1931.
[The spoken lines seem to be delivered by another voice, but I can't identify it.]

Now, won't you stir it, babe?
Oh, stir it, babe.
Oh, stir it, babe.
Oh, stir it, babe.
Now, you know it needs stirring.
Oh, you know it needs stirring.
Oh, you know it needs stirring.
Oh, you know it needs stirring.

SPOKEN: Stir it, baby.—Round and round, mama.—Make it nice.—Stir it a little more.

Now, won't you work it, babe?
Oh, work it, babe.
Oh, work it, babe.
Oh, work it, babe.
Now, you know it needs working.
Oh, you know it needs working.
Oh, you know it needs working.
Oh, you know it needs working.

SPOKEN: Work it, babe.—Up and down, mama.—Now, that's nice.—Work it, baby.

Now, won't you wind it, babe?
Oh, wind it, babe.
Oh, wind it, babe.
Oh, wind it, babe.
Now, you know it needs winding.
Oh, you know it needs winding.
Oh, you know it needs winding.
Oh, you know it needs winding.

SPOKEN: Looks fine when you wind it, baby.—Wind it, mama; that makes it nice.

Now, won't you twist it, babe?
Oh, twist it, babe.
Oh, twist it, babe.
Oh, twist it, babe.
Now, you know it needs twisting.
Oh, you know it needs twisting.
Oh, you know it needs twisting.
Oh, you know it needs twisting.

SPOKEN: Twist it, baby.—Don't twist it too much, now; it might hurt.—Twist it a little more, mama.—How is that, baby?

Now, won't you boot it, babe?
Oh, boot it, babe.
Oh, boot it, babe.
Oh, boot it, babe.
Now, you know it needs booting.
Oh, you know it needs booting.
Oh, you know it needs booting.
Oh, you know it needs booting.

SPOKEN: Boot it, mama.—Baby, don't boot it so hard.—Oh, my goodness! Boot it, baby.

Now, won't you love me, babe?
Oh, love me, babe.
Oh, love me, babe.
Oh, love me, babe.
Say, you know it needs loving.
Oh, you know it needs loving.
Oh, you know it needs loving.
Oh, you know it needs loving.

SPOKEN: Love me, baby.—If you can't love me, you got to leave it, mama.—I love that.