I WANT A HOT DOG FOR MY ROLL
(Hammed / Williams)


Butterbeans & Susie - 1927





BUTTER: Hot dog, hot dog, here come the hot dog man
SUSIE: Hey, come here
BUTTER: What is it, lady?
SUSIE: Butter, I see you got a hot dog stand
BUTTER: You know somethin, Sue
I'm known now as the hot dog man, yes sir, hot dog
SUSIE: Well listen, well, I want a dog without bread, you see
BUTTER: Why, why what's the matter
SUSIE: Because I carries my bread with me
BUTTER: Now Sue, you peculiar and that's an actual fact
SUSIE: Yes, and if I like your dog, why I'll come back
BUTTER: I know you will
SUSIE: How much is it, I'm here to pay
Satisfy me, listen while I say
BUTTER: What is you got to say?

SUSIE: I want a hot dog for my roll
BUTTER: Well, here it is, here it is
SUSIE: I want it hot, I don't want it cold
BUTTER: My dog's never cold
SUSIE: Give me a big one, that's what I say
I want it so it will fit my bread

BUTTER: Now here's a hot dog for your roll
SUSIE: Now is it young, I don't want it cold
BUTTER: My dog never cold
SUSIE: I sure will be disgusted if this dog ain't full of mustard
Don't want no excuse, it must have lots of juice
I want a hot dog for my roll

BUTTER: Come and let me straighten you out
Now here's a dog that's long and lean
SUSIE: Oh-oh, that ain't the kind of dog I mean
BUTTER: Now here's a dog, Sue, that's short and fat
SUSIE: But I sure need somethin' different from that

SUSIE: Now here's my roll
BUTTER: Where's your roll?
SUSIE: Now where's your dog?
BUTTER: Oh-oh, sister, that roll you got will hold a half a hog, yes sir!
SUSIE: Hey listen, Butter, can you fit it?
BUTTER: Why, sure I can
SUSIE: Why boy?
BUTTER: Why, Sue, I'm known now as a champion hot dog man

BUTTER: Now here's a hot dog for your roll
SUSIE: It must be hot, I don't want it cold
BUTTER: My dog's never cold
SUSIE: Give me a big one, that's what I say
I want it so it will fit my bread

BUTTER: Now here's a hot dog for your roll
SUSIE: Now is it young, I don't want it old
BUTTER: You know, my dog's never old
SUSIE: I sure will be disgusted if this dog ain't full of mustard
Don't want no excuse, it must have lots of juice
I want a hot dog for my roll

BUTTER: Hot dog man is goin', I'm goin', hot dog






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)