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Thread #17518   Message #3907635
Posted By: Jim Dixon
24-Feb-18 - 12:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Diddie Wah Diddie (Blind Blake)
Subject: Lyr Add: DIDDY WAH DIDDY WITH A BLAH BLAH (Dexter)
A variation on Blind Blake's song, with floater verses added:

DIDDY WAH DIDDY WITH A BLAH BLAH
As recorded by Al Dexter and His Troopers, 1939.

There's a great big mystery.
Lordy, how it worries me!
Mister Diddy Wah Diddy with a blah blah,
Diddy Wah Diddy with a blah blah.
Won't somebody please tell me what diddy wah diddy means?

Said the great big mosquito to the little bitty flea:
If you love me, let me know it, 'cause I'm goin' to dee(?)
With a diddy wah diddy and a blah blah,
Diddy wah diddy and a blah blah.
Won't somebody please tell me what diddy wah diddy means?

Two old maids at the county fair:
One says "Look!" and the other says "Where?"
At the diddy wah diddy with a blah blah,
Diddy wah diddy with a blah blah.
Won't somebody please tell me what diddy wah diddy means?

I'm hot enough to bake, hot enough to boil.
I'm a hot-steppin' daddy and I got it all,
With a diddy wah diddy and a blah blah,
Diddy wah diddy and a blah blah.
Won't somebody please tell me what diddy wah diddy means?

[unintelligible line]
I'm heavy overloaded and I done popped off,
With a diddy wah diddy and a blah blah,
Diddy wah diddy and a blah blah.
Won't somebody please tell me what diddy wah diddy means?

I'm hot in the country, hot in town,
Sweat rollin' off from my head on down
To my diddy wah diddy with a blah blah,
Diddy wah diddy with a blah blah,
Won't somebody please tell me what diddy wah diddy means?

[Al Dexter's big hit was "PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA."]