I AIN'T GONNA GIVE NOBODY NONE OF MY JELLY ROLL
(Clarence Williams / Spencer Williams - 1919)

Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - 1961

Also recorded by: Louis Armstrong; Lizzie Miles;
Muggsy Spanier; Lonnie Johnson; Pee Wee Russell;
Eddie Condon; Sidney Bechet; Wild Bill Davison;
Ken Colyer; Leon Redbone: .... and many others.



MERCER:
I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jellyroll
DARIN:
How `bout your short'nin' bread
MERCER:
Oh, I wouldn't give you a piece a pie to save your soul
DARIN:
I guess that's what you said
MERCER:
My Ma told me today, when she went away
DARIN:
To buy groceries
MERCER:
To be a good boy, she'd give me a toy
'Cause I'm my Mama's pride and joy
There ain't no use of anyone to keep a hangin' `round
DARIN:
Maybe I'm waitin' on your Ma
MERCER:
You don't know my Ma, she'd really put you down
DARIN:
Put me down
MERCER:
Ma's bakin' up a storm, and her oven is still warm
I know you want it, but you can't have it
And I ain't gonna give you none
DARIN:
You dirty boy!

DARIN:
I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jellyroll
MERCER:
Oh, such a stingy chap!
DARIN:
I wouldn't give you a piece a pie to save your soul
MERCER:
How `bout a zuzu snap
DARIN:
Her cherry pie is fine, her layer cake divine
But I'm tellin' you twice, you can't get a slice
Unless you're extra special nice
Now, there ain't no use of you to just keep a hangin' `round
MERCER:
Oh, pretty please
DARIN:
I love you but I hate to put you down
Yeah, my jellyroll is sweet
MERCER:
That it is!
DARIN:
It sure is hard to beat
Well, I know they want it
MERCER:
But, they can't have it
BOTH:
Yeah, ho-ho Miss Nelly, I mean my jellyroll

MERCER:
Dibs on the dishpan
DARIN:
I got seconds



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2006)


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AS SUNG BY LOUIS ARMSTRONG:



Yes, I ain't gonna give nobody none o' my jelly roll, jelly roll
I ain't gonna give nobody none to save your soul
I said jelly, jelly roll
Baba-doo-dit-zoo-zah-zah-zeh
Aw-bah-zit-zou-ah-bah-dabba
Zoo-zee-zit-zoo-ba-by-ooh-zah-zee

Well, jelly roll, jelly roll, jelly roll
Ain't gonna give nobody to save your soul
When you see me walking down the street
Down where the cats all meet
Jelly, jelly roll
I ain't gonna give you none



(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - August 2006)


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