BANANA IN YOUR FRUIT BASKET

Armenter Chapman (aka Bo Carter)  1931

Bo Carter (vocal & guitar)  
recorded June 4th 1931 
New York


I got a brand new skillet, I've got a brand new lead,
All I need is a little woman to burn my bread!
Then I'm tellin' you baby, I sure ain't gonna deny,
Let me put my banana in your fruit basket and I'll be satisfied!

Now, I got the washboard, my baby got the tub,
We're gonna put 'em together and rub, rub, rub!
Then I'm tellin' you baby, I sure ain't gonna deny,
Let me put my banana in your fruit basket and I'll be satisfied!

Mmmm, gonna let my banana spoil now,
Mm-mm, let my banana spoil now.
I can see the way you're carryin' on,
You don't want my banana no how!

Now I got the dasher, my baby got the churn,
We gonna churn, churn, churn until the butter come!
Then I'm tellin' you baby, I sure ain't gonna deny,
Let me put my banana in your fruit basket and I'll be satisfied!

Now my baby's got the cloth and I got the needle,
We gonna stitch, stitch, stitch till we both will feel it!
Then I'm tellin' you baby, I sure ain't gonna deny,
Let me put my banana in your fruit basket and I'll be satisfied!

Mmmm, gonna let my banana ruin now,
Mm-mm, gonna let my banana ruin now.
I can see the way you're carryin' on,
You don't want my banana no how!

Now my baby got the meat and I've got the knife,
I'm gonna do her cuttin', this bound to solve my life!
And I'm tellin' you baby, sure ain't gonna deny,
Let me put my banana in your fruit basket and I'll be satisfied!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2013)