Subject: RE: Lyr Req/Add: Ain't Nobody's Business From: pdq Date: 03 Oct 14 - 10:01 PM BTW, the great Kay Starr is still with us at age 92. A few years back, I submitted her name to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. I received a nice letter saying that she was accepted. She was born on an Indian reservation and has a basic earthy appeal. At one time, she could "put the butts in the seats" at the big clubs is Las Vegas. To me, she is an American icon. |
Subject: Lyr Add: NOBODY'S BUSINESS (Riley Puckett) From: PHJim Date: 03 Oct 14 - 09:45 PM Riley Puckett sang: NOBODY'S BUSINESS from Riley Puckett Sometimes I ramble. I get drunk and gamble. It's nobody's business if I do. Nobody's business, it's nobody's business, Nobody's business if I do. Some of these mornin's, gonna wake up crazy, Kill my wife and save my baby. Nobody's business if I do, Nobody's business, it's nobody's business, Nobody's business if I do. Morphine's gonna run me crazy. Cocaine's gonna kill my baby. Cigarettes gonna cause me to lose my mind. Nobody's business, it's nobody's business, Nobody's business if I do. She drives a Cadillac, And that's where she makes her jack. Oh boy, that's where my money goes. That's where my money goes, Buyin' my baby clothes. Nobody's business if I do. Nobody's business, it's nobody's business, Nobody's business if I do. Nobody's business, nobody's business, Nobody's business if I do. She runs a weenie stand, Way out in no man's land. Oh boy, that's where my money goes. That's where my money goes, Buyin' my baby clothes. Oh boy, that's where my money goes. Nobody's business, it's nobody's business, Nobody's business if I do. Nobody's business, it's nobody's business, Nobody's business if I do. She drives a Ford machine, And I buy her gasoline. It's nobody's business if I do, Nobody's business, it's nobody's business, Nobody's business if I do. |
Subject: Lyr Add: AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS (Hank Williams Jr From: Jim Dixon Date: 02 Oct 14 - 09:56 PM This version is sung as a slow bluesy ballad: AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS As sung by Hank Williams, Jr. on "Lone Wolf" and "The Bocephus Box Set" One day I have ham and bacon, And the next day, it ain't nothin' shakin', And it ain't nobody's business if I do, what I do. Me and my babe, oh, we fuss and fight, And then the next minute, yeah, ev'rything is all right, And it ain't nobody's business what we do. (Oh, that's all private stuff.) One day I think I'm goin' crazy, And the next day I'm laid back and lazy, And it ain't nobody's business if I do. One day I might take a notion To go right down and jump in the ocean, And it ain't nobody's business if I do. |
Subject: Lyr Add: NOBODY'S DIRTY BUSINESS (John Hurt) From: Jim Dixon Date: 02 Oct 14 - 09:42 PM Apparently John Hurt recorded this several times. Here's another of his versions: NOBODY'S DIRTY BUSINESS As sung by Mississippi John Hurt on "Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings" (2:52) Ain't nobody's dirty business, How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but mine. Ain't nobody's doggone business, How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. Some o' these mornin's gonna wake up crazy, Gonna grab my gun, kill my baby. Nobody's business but mine. Ain't nobody's doggone business How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. Some o' these mornin's gonna wake up boozy, Gonna grab my gun, gonna kill old Susie. Nobody's business but mine. Goin' back to Pensacola, Gonna buy my babe a money molder(?). Nobody's business but my own. Say, babe, did you get that letter? Will you take me back? I'll treat you better. Nobody's business but mine. Ain't nobody's doggone business How my baby treat me. Nobody's business but my own. Ain't nobody's dirty business How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. One o' these mornin's gonna wake up crazy, Gonna grab my gun, gonna kill my baby. Nobody's business but mine. Ain't nobody's doggone business How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. Ain't nobody's dirty business How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. |
Subject: Lyr Add: AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT MY OWN From: Jim Dixon Date: 02 Oct 14 - 03:41 PM I think I can improve on Gene's transcription from 1997: AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT MY OWN As sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford and Kay Starr (1950)* 1. [Starr] You got a gal; you love her Sunday, Then you get another for Monday. [Ford] Ain't nobody's bus'ness but my own. You say you're always home alone. How come I can't get you on the phone? [Starr] Well, that ain't nobody's bus'ness but my own. CHORUS: [Both] Nobody's bus'ness, nobody's bus'ness, Nobody's bus'ness but my own. Nobody's bus'ness, nobody's bus'ness, Nobody's bus'ness but my own. 2. [Starr] All night long you're playin' poker. Tell me: what's the name o' that joker? [Ford] Ain't nobody's bus'ness but my own. I come over and say: "Here I am," Then I hear the back door slam. [Starr] That ain't nobody's bus'ness but my own. CHORUS 3. [Ford] You tell me you're in bed by seven, But your lights are on past 'leven. [Starr] That ain't nobody's bus'ness but my own. Now you ain't so smart and you ain't good lookin'. How come you got so much cookin'? [Ford] Ain't nobody's bus'ness but my own. CHORUS 4. [Starr] You wear the prettiest ties and collars. Where 'bouts do you get those dollars? [Ford] Ain't nobody's bus'ness but my own. You always talk about settlin' down. When I bring a ring, you're not around. [Starr] Well, I'll be there the next time that you call. 5. [Starr] Well let's not fuss and let's not fight. [Ford] I'm sick an' tired o' sayin' goodnight. [Starr] Well, let's make up and hold each other tight. [Both] We both know we're birds of a feather. Let's go into bus'ness together. We can start a bus'ness of our own. CHORUS [using "our own"] * This recording can be heard on the Tennessee Ernie Ford albums "The Greatest Hits & More" and "Capitol Collectors Series," and the various-artists album "Two's Company (Vocal Duets by Major Recording Artists)." However, there is Kay Starr album "The Ultimate Collection" in which she sings the same song as a duet with a different male vocalist who is misidentified, at least at Spotify, as Ford. There are minor differences in lyrics. It's an inferior performance, IMO. |
Subject: Lyr Add: 'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO (Stokes From: Jim Dixon Date: 02 Oct 14 - 02:48 PM Another "side" from the same recording session: 'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO - Part 2 (Take 1) (3:10) As sung by Frank Stokes on "Memphis Rounder: The Complete Victor Recordings in Chronological Order (1928-1929)" (Document Records, DOCD-5013) I'm goin' stay around this town Where the gals won't allow me to walk around. Ain't nobody's business but mine. I'm goin' stay in Memphis, Tennessee, While the gals in Memphis take a like to me. Now it nobody's business but my own. It ain't nobody's business, honey, However I spend my money, Nobody's business but mine. It ain't nobody's business, kid, Where in the world I got my money hid. It ain't nobody's business but my own. Now listen at me, baby: why don't you be kind? You talk to me so rough all the time. Ain't nobody's business but mine. If I had my way I'd 'a' stayed with you, Sayin' goodbye to thing want me to do.(?) Baby, it ain't nobody's business but my own. It ain't nobody's business, honey, Where in the world I find my money— Nobody's business but mine. It ain't nobody's business, baby, However I treat my Sadie— Nobody's business but mine. I'm gwine stay around in Memphis, Tennessee, Where ... work all on me—(?) Nobody's business but mine. If I had my way I'd let you alone. Wish to God I'd 'a' stayed at home. It ain't nobody's business but my own. It ain't nobody's business, honey, How in the world I spend my money— Nobody business but mine. It ain't nobody's business, honey, Where in the world I find my money— Nobody's business but my own. It ain't nobody's business, kid, Who in the world I do my business with. Said it ain't nobody's business but mine. |
Subject: Lyr Add: 'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO (Stokes From: Jim Dixon Date: 01 Oct 14 - 09:55 PM This is my transcription from Spotify. Several words are questionable; you can probably tell which ones because some lines don't quite make sense. 'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO - Part 1 (3:10) As sung by Frank Stokes on "Memphis Rounder: The Complete Victor Recordings in Chronological Order (1928-1929)" (Document Records, DOCD-5013) Says my old lady took and wrote me a letter. She told me that I'd(?) treat me better. Nobody's business but mine. Now she wrote the letter and she wrote t'me in haste. If you're goin' to a better gal, you better make haste. Ain't nobody's business but my own. It ain't nobody's business, honey, Where I find my money, Nobody's business but mine. It ain't nobody business, kid, Who in the world I do my business with. Now it ain't nobody business but my own. I laid my head said just between her, Swore to the world I hadn't never seen her. It ain't nobody's business but mine. Now it ain't got a roof, ain't got no comb, Poor roustabout ain't got no home. It ain't nobody's business but my own. It ain't nobody's business, honey, Where in the world I find my money, Nobody's business but mine. It ain't nobody's business, honey, Where in the world I find my money, Nobody's business but my own. I said, baby, y'oughta been told me Fourteen years before you wrote me, So I had some other place to go. Now, baby, you oughta been told me, Fourteen years before you wrote me, So I had some other place to go. It ain't nobody's business, kid, Where in the world I got my money hid. It ain't nobody's business but mine. It ain't nobody's business, honey, Where in the world I find my money, Nobody's business but my own. This(?) business, baby, Nobody's business, baby, No business but mine. Nobody's business, honey. |
Subject: Lyr Add: 'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BIZNESS BUT MY OWN From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 04 Jan 09 - 09:29 PM Lyr. Add: 'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BIZNESS BUT MY OWN 1 Baby, you ought-a tole me, Six months before you roll me; I'd had some other place to go. 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own. 2 Sometimes my baby gets boozy, An' foolish 'bout her head, An' I can't rule her, 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own. 3 I went to see my Hanner Turn tricks to my manner, 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own. 4 Don't care if I don't make a dollar, Jes so I wear my shirt an' collar. 'Tain't nobody's bizness but my own. Coll. by H. W. Odum and G. B. Johnson, 1925, "The Negro and His Songs, pp. 177-178, Univ. North Carolina Press, reprint Negro Universities Press. One of many versions. |
Subject: Lyr Add: 'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO (Stokes From: bald headed step child Date: 04 Jan 09 - 02:24 PM My favorite version is by Frank Stokes. Slightly different title but same basic song. 'TAIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF I DO - Part 2 (Take 2) As sung by Frank Stokes on "Memphis Rounder: The Complete Victor Recordings in Chronological Order (1928-1929)" (Document Records, DOCD-5013) I'm goin' stay round in Tennessee Where the girls round here take a like to me Though I won't have no other place to go Now listen at me, baby; be good and kind You mistreat and leave me all the time Ain't nobody's business but mine Ain't nobody's business, baby, Nobody's business but mine It ain't nobody's business, honey, Where in the world I spend my money Nobody's business but my own Now listen, baby, you oughta been told me Fourteen years before you wrote me So I would 'a' had some other place to go I laid my head in the corner of the fence Said crazy 'bout her treatments ever since It ain't nobody's business but my own Nobody's business, baby, nobody's business, baby, Nobody's business but mine Nobody's business, honey, Where in the world I find my money Nobody's business but my own I'm going back to Memphis, Tennessee Where the gals round here always stay round me It ain't nobody's business but mine I been careful, I stay at home, I've been troubled 'bout you ever since you've been gone It ain't nobody's business, baby, but mine It ain't nobody's business, honey, Where in the world I spend my money Nobody's business but mine Nobody's business, kid, Where in the world I got my money hid Said it ain't nobody's business but my own BHSC |
Subject: RE: req/ADD: Ain't Nobody's Business From: GUEST,PineTop Date: 03 Jan 09 - 10:17 PM There is a great piano version of this song on YouTube by Otis Spann that is slower than the Taj version and closer to the lyrics noted above by Bessie Smith, but does anybody know who wrote this originally or is it a traditional??? |
Subject: RE: REQ.It's nobodies busness what I do From: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au Date: 04 Dec 97 - 11:19 PM I recently listened to some Billie Holiday songs. She has a version of Nobody's Business. The lyrics are identical to the Bessie Smith one, but Holiday takes it slower and speaks more clearly, so you can actually follow it without the lyrics in front of you. There is also a version that I have forgotten about except for the one verse: If one day we got ham and bacon// and the next day aint nothin taken// It's nobody's business but my (our) own.// If me and my baby want to fight// and the next moment we' alright// It's nobody's business.... Murray |
Subject: RE: REQ.It's nobodies busness what I do From: corvus corax Date: 26 Nov 97 - 05:35 PM on the album "slow train through georgia" Norman Blake does a version of this, accompaning himself on flatpick guitar. Also reminds me of Hank Williams "Mind your own Business" corvus corax |
Subject: Lyr Add: IT AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS (John Hurt) From: Jon W. Date: 26 Nov 97 - 04:42 PM I was listening to a long lost and forgotten tape and this song was on it, from a live album recorded in about 1966. IT AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS As sung by Mississippi John Hurt on "The Best of Mississippi John Hurt" [live recordings] (Vanguard Records, VSD-19/20) (1970) (2:37) Ain't nobody's dirty business, How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but mine. Ain't nobody's dirty business, How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. Say, baby, did you get that letter? If you take me back, I'll treat you better. Nobody's business but mine. Ain't nobody's dirty business, How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. Sometime my baby get boozy, Then again she tries to rule me. Nobody's business but mine. Ain't nobody's dirty business How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. I said, sometime my babe get boozy, Then again she try to rule me. Nobody business but mine. Ain't nobody's dirty business, How my baby treat me, Nobody's business but my own. |
Subject: ADD Version: Ain't Nobody's Business From: Gene Date: 21 Nov 97 - 07:39 PM Here's Tennessee Ernie Ford's version - could be Kay Starr on the alternating lines and duet..doesn't say. AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS F: You got a gal you love on Sunday CHORUS F: All night long you're playin' poker CHORUS F: You wear the prettiest ties and collars CHORUS F: So let's not fuss and let's not fight CHORUS
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