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Lyr Req: McMichen-I'm A Gonna Learn To Swing

GUEST,martunes 16 Nov 22 - 08:10 PM
Joe Offer 16 Nov 22 - 11:08 PM
Stilly River Sage 17 Nov 22 - 12:30 AM
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Subject: Lyr Req: McMichen-I'm A Gonna Learn To Swing
From: GUEST,martunes
Date: 16 Nov 22 - 08:10 PM

i've been looking online for the lyrics to this wonderful song and have come up empty. can someone here help me? i can't make out the words on every recording of it that i have. thank you.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: McMichen-I'm A Gonna Learn To Swing
From: Joe Offer
Date: 16 Nov 22 - 11:08 PM

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1181922725238242


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: McMichen-I'm A Gonna Learn To Swing
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Nov 22 - 12:30 AM

That's a lot of fun!


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: McMichen-I'm A Gonna Learn To Swing
From: cnd
Date: 17 Nov 22 - 12:03 PM

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


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