I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN'T GOOD)
(Paul Francis Webster / Duke Ellington) 1941
Les Brown & His Orch. (vocal : Doris Day)
Toni Tennille - 1984
Also recorded by : Al Aarons; John "Johnny" Adriano Acea;
Cannonball Adderley; Jamey Aebersold; David Ake Group;
Harry Allen; Carl Anderson; Ernestine Anderson; Ivie Anderson;
Donna Antonow; Susie Arioli; Louis Armstrong; Claire Austin;
Babayaga String Quartet; Benny Bailey; Guy Barker; Mike Barone;
Joanne Barry; Bruce Barth; Count Basie; BBC Big Band;
Ethel Beatty; Madeline Bell; Joe Benjamin;
Bunny Berigan & His Orch.; Big Miller; Paul Bley;
Boston Jazz Ensemble; Carolyn Breuer; Charles Brown; Sandy Brown;
Marian Bruce; Beryl Bryden; Kenny Burrell; Joe Burton;
Charlie Byrd; Donald Byrd; Ann Hampton Callaway; Tony Campise;
Harry Carney; Joyce Carr; Benny Carter, ..... and many others.
Though folks with good intentions
Tell me to save my tears
Well I'm so mad about him
I can't live without him
Never treats me sweet and gentle
The way he should
I've got it bad
And that ain't good
My poor heart is so sentimental
Not made of wood
I've got it so bad
And that ain't good
But when the fish are jumpin'
And Friday rolls around
My man an' I, we gin some
We pray some, and sin some
He don't love me like I love him
The way he should
I've got it bad
And that ain't good
Yes I've got it bad
And that ain't good
(Contributed by Bill Huntley - February 2005)
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as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Duke Ellington & his Orch
June 25th 1957 New York
The poets say that all who love are blind,
But I'm in love and I know what time it is!
The Good Book says "Go seek and ye shall find";
Well, I have sought and my, what a climb it is!
My life is just like the weather,
It changes with the hours,
When he's near I'm "fair and warmer",
When he's gone I'm "cloudy with showers".
In emotion, like the ocean, it's either sink or swim
When a woman loves a man like him!
Never treats me sweet and gentle,
The way he should,
I got it bad and that ain't good.
My poor heart is sentimental,
Not made of wood,
I got it bad and that ain't good.
But when the weekend's over,
And Monday rolls around,
I end up like I start out,
Crying my heart out!
He don't love me like I love him,
No, nobody could,
I got it bad and that ain't good.
So bad, so bad!
I got it so bad, so bad.
Though folks with good intentions
Tell me to save my tears,
I'm glad I'm mad about him,
I can't live without him!
Lord above me
Make him love me,
The way he should!
like a lonely weeping willow,
Lost in the wood,
The things I tell mt pillow
No woman should!
I got it bad, bad,
So bad and that ain't good!
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2011)
