ME AND MY GIN
H Burke

as rec by Bessie Smith w Joe Williams (trombone) 
and Porter Grainger (piano)  Aug 25th 1926


Stay away from me, 'cause I'm in my sin,
Stay away from me, 'cause I'm in my sin,
If this place gets raided, it's me and my gin!

Don't try me, nobody, 'cause you will never win,
Don't try me, nobody, 'cause you will never win,
I'll fight the army and navy, just me and my gin!

Any bootlegger sure is a pal o' mine,
Any bootlegger sure is a pal o' mine,
'Cause a good old bottle o' gin will get it all the time!

When I'm feelin' high, ain't nothin' I won't do,
When I'm feelin' high, ain't nothin' I won't do,
Keep me full o' liqueur and I sure will be nice to you!

I don't want no clothes and I don't need no bed,
I don't want no clothes and I don't need no bed,
I don't want no pork chop, just gimme gin instead!







(Contributed by Peter Akers - May 2009)