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Thread #171865 Message #4157924
Posted By: cnd
17-Nov-22 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: McMichen-I'm A Gonna Learn To Swing
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: McMichen-I'm A Gonna Learn To Swing
Listen to the original, by Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats, here
Here's my transcription
I'M GONNA LEARN TO SWING (Clayton McMichen)
[fiddle intro]
Can't get nothing from a-old time fiddlin' I'm a-gonna learn to swing Ain't a-gonna waste my time a-whittlin' It don't mean a thing
Gonna sell the farm, move to town Buy me a horn and toot around Hi-de-ho is what I'll play With a razzmatazz in a swingy way
Get me a job in a great big jazz band I'm a-gonna learn to swing I don't give a heck about corny fiddling It's a-drivin' me insane
I ain't no mule, I don't like corn I'm a swinger, man, with a brand new horn Can't get nothing from a-corny fiddling I'm a-gonna learn to swing, hear me talking I'm a-gonna learn to swing
[fiddle break]
Can't get nothing for my corn and guitar I'm a-gonna learn to swing I don't give a heck about long-haired music It don't mean a thing
Now, I'll swing ma, and I'll swing pa I'll swing that gal from Arkansas I'll take a course a saxophone It's better to me than eatin' corn pone
Get me a job with the Casa Loma They're the king of swing That sugar man with a seven quart trumpet Can grease that gate and hinge
Settin' in the barnyard milkin' on a stool Or settin' in a jazz band, gettin' on the groove Can't get nothing from a-corny fiddling I'm a-gonna learn to swing, hear me talking I'm a-gonna learn to swing