SLOW POKE
(Pee Wee King / Redd Stewart / Chilton Price)

Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys - 1951
Ralph Flanagan & His Orch. (vocals: The Singing Winds) - 1951
Helen O'Connell - 1951
Arthur Godfrey - 1951
Roberta Lee - 1951
The Ray Conniff Singers - 1964


YOU KEEP ME WAITIN’ TILL IT’S GETTIN’ AGGRAVATIN’,
YOU’RE A SLOW POKE, 
I WAIT N’ WORRY BUT YOU NEVER SEEM TO HURRY, 
YOU’RE A SLOW POKE, 

TIME MEANS NOTHIN’ TO YOU, I WAIT AND THEN, 
LATE AGAIN, 
EIGHT O’CLOCK, NINE O’CLOCK, 
QUARTER TO TEN, 

WHY SHOULD I LINGER EV’RY TIME YOU SNAP YOUR FINGER, 
LITTLE SLOW POKE, 
WHY CAN’T YOU HASTEN WHEN YOU SEE THE TIME’S A-WASTIN’, 
YOU’RE A SLOW POKE, DEAR, 

WHY SHOULD I KEEP TRYIN’ TO CHANGE YOU, 
IT’S NOT THE THING TO DO, 
I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO LEARN 
TO BE A SLOW POKE TOO! 

YOU KEEP ME WAITIN’ TILL IT’S GETTIN’ AGGRAVATIN’,
YOU’RE A SLOW POKE, 
I WAIT N’ WORRY BUT YOU NEVER SEEM TO HURRY, 
YOU’RE A SLOW POKE,

SLOW POKE.