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CRAZY WORDS, CRAZY TUNE (VO-DO-DE-O)
(Music: Milton Ager / Lyrics: Jack Yellen)
Irving Aaronson & His Commanders - 1927
Frank Crumit - 1927
Johnny Marvin (with Fred Rich & His Hotel Astor Orch.) - 1927
The Varsity Eight - 1927
The California Ramblers - 1927
Billy Jones & Ernest Hare (The Happiness Boys) - 1927
Vaughn De Leath - 1927
Jack Payne & His Orch. - 1927
The Savoy Havana Band - 1927
Ted Wallace & His Orch. - 1927
Victor Vorzanger's Famous Dance Band - 1927
Marek Weber & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1927
Winifred Atwell & The Ragtime Four - 1952
Dorothy Provine & The Girls (feat. in the TV series "The Roaring 20's") - 1960
Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions (vocal: Jerry Garcia) - 1964
Also recorded by:
Jerry Lewis; Paul Dandy; Dick Robertson; Ferde Grofé; Bob Kerr;
Cafe Society Orch.; Jim Kweskin's Jug Band..........and others.
There's a guy I'd like to kill
If he doesn't stop I will
He's got a ukulele and a voice that's loud and shrill
'Cause he lives next door to me
And he keeps me up till three
With his ukulele and a funny melody
Crazy words, crazy tune
All that you'll ever hear him croon
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
Vo-doe-doe
Sits around, all night long
Sings the same words to every song
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
His ukulele, daily
How he'll strum, bom-bom-bom
Vampin' and stampin'
And then he hollers, "Black bottom!"
Crazy words, crazy tune
He'll be driving me crazy soon
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
I have begged that guy to stop
I have even called a cop
Told my dog "Go sic him"
But the durn dog wouldn't go
But tonight will be the end
Yes sirree, 'cause I intend
To go up and kick him
In the vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
Crazy words, crazy tune
All that you'll ever hear him croon
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
Vo-doe-doe
Sits around, all night long
Sings the same words to every song
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
He's got to stop it, stop it
Yes, he must, or I'll just
Kill him, I'll kill him
Then I'll do the black bottom
When I'm jailed, upon my knees
To the jury and the judge I'll plead
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
It's a rage, it's a craze
Everybody sings nowadays
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
Vo-doe-doe
Every goof, every sheik
Tunes his uke and begins to shriek
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
Go on the east side, the west side
Here or there, everywhere
They vo-doe, vo-doe-doe
Then they holler, "Black bottom!"
Young or old, old or young
The guy that started it should be hung
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
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As recorded by VAUGHAN DE LEATH:
Ha-ha-ha-ha, oh, there's a man I'd like to kill
And if he doesn't stop, I will
Got a ukulele and a voice that's loud and shrill
'Cause he lives next door to me
And he keeps me up till three
With his ukulele and a funny melody
Crazy words, crazy tune
All that you ever hear him croon
Is vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
Vo-doe-doe
Sits around all night long
Sings the same words to every song
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
His ukulele, daily
How he'll strum, bom-bom-bom
Vampin' and stampin'
And then he hollers, "Black bottom!"
Crazy words, crazy tune
He'll be driving me crazy soon
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
Napoleon marched his men
He turned around and he said to them
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
Vo-doe-doe
And Washington at Valley Forge
It was bitter cold when up spoke George
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
And do you remember Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry and that speech, that wonderful speech
When he cried, "Give me, give me liberty or black bottom!"
Take Charlie Chaplin the other day
What did he say to Lita Grey?
Ah, vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
He keeps it up both night and day
Even hollers out "Hey-Hey!"
And ev'ry time I hear it
I holler out "No-No!"
And the worst I haven't told
I have heard it, so I am told
And I started singing that voe-doe-doe-doe-doe
Crazy words, crazy tune
All that you ever hear him croon
Is (Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe), ah, isn't that cute
Vo-doe-doe
Sits around all night long
Sings the same words to every song
(Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe) Attaboy!
His ukulele, daily
How he'll strum, bom-bom-bom
Vampin' and stampin'
And then he hollers, "Black bottom!"
Crazy words, crazy tune
He'll be driving me crazy soon
(Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe)
Take Paul Revere on that midnight ride
Jumped on a horse and loudly cried
"Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe"
Mark Anthony, way back then
Said "Friends, Romans and Countrymen
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe"
And in the Great War, that late war
Mid shot and shell there came a yell
Let's go boys, you doughboys
Give 'em, give 'em Black Bottom
I've sung so much of this to you
I bet that you'll be singing too
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
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ALTERNATE VERSES:
And Simon Legree
In Uncle Tom's Cabin
What did he say to Uncle Tom?
I'll tell you what he said,
He took his whip and said to Uncle Tom
"C'mon, Charleston!"
And in the Senate the other day
What did President Coolidge say
"Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe"
Now the minuet, quiet bliss
Calm and peaceful, it went like this
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
The Polka too was a treat
Your partner said if you tread on his feet
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe
The gliding Foxtrot we've got
And the blues, if you choose
We've got the Charleston
And we'll soon have Black Bottom
Our vicar said, "Ah, me
Friends, our hymn for tonight will be
Vo-doe-de-o, vo-doe-doe-de-o-doe"
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2011)
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