Lyr Add: Sally Zu-Zazz (Big Joe Turner)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sally Zu-Zazz (Big Joe Turner)
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Feb 17 - 12:37 PM

"pump" should be changed to "bump" (as in bump my penis side to side). This song is purely about intercourse in the morning.
(A fine thing, in my opinion!)
:>)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sally Zu-Zazz (Big Joe Turner)
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 15 Jul 16 - 09:21 AM

Another candidate, Jim is the other floating line "My baby rocks me with a steady roll". Of course, many terms that started off as sexual euphemisms ended up as dance crazes! Jass, Georgia grind, Black bottom, maybe even Jive come to mind.

RtS

Subject: Lyr Add: SALLY ZU-ZAZZ (Big Joe Turner)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 14 Jul 16 - 04:23 PM

I ran across a request for these lyrics in a different forum, so I figured I might as well post them here, too.


SALLY ZU-ZAZZ
As recorded by Big Joe Turner

Well, blow that horn, boy; blow it hard ’n’ loud.
Blow a little horn, boy; blow it hard ’n’ loud.
Don’t blow this mornin’ till we draw a crowd.

Gonna wake up my baby an’ tell her how I feel inside.
Gonna wake up my baby an’ tell her how I feel inside.
OK, baby, I’m ready for my mornin’ ride.

Takes a rockin’ chair to rock, a rubber ball to roll.
Long tall baby make my blood run cold.
OK baby, pump(?) me from side to side
Fine little deal, I’m ready for my mornin’ ride.

[instrumental break]

I got a brand-new baby ’n’ they call her Sally Zu-Zazz.
Got a brand-new baby ’n’ they call her Sally Zu-Zazz.
Yes, when she lovin’ me, boy, it’s too darn bad.

She’s a hip little kitty, right from the city, ready for a mornin’ ride.
Yes, toss it [to me], baby, toss it from side to side.
She’s a hip little biddy, right from the city, ready for [a] mornin’ ride.

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By the way, some people think the line "Takes a rockin’ chair to rock, a rubber ball to roll", which occurs in other songs besides this one, has something to do with the origin of the term "rock 'n' roll." Could be.