LITTLE JOE FROM CHICAGO
(Mary Lou Williams / Henry Wells 1930)
as recorded by
The Nat "King" Cole Trio
March 7th 1944 Los Angeles
Little Joe from Chicago,
He wears a xxxx? diamond ring.
Little Joe from Chicago,
He never wants for anything,
He has plenty money and he dresses up like a king!
Little Joe from Chicago,
He never spent a day in school.
Little Joe from Chicago,
He never learned a grammar rule,
But now he has money, he makin' things look like it's cool!
Little Joe from Chicago,
He wears a xxxx? diamond ring.
Little Joe from Chicago,
He never wants for anything,
He has plenty money and he dresses up like a king!
Little Joe,
Little Joe,
Little Joe.
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2014)