STONE COLD DEAD IN THE MARKET [He Had It Coming]
Wilmouth Houdini  1945

as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five  Oct 8th 1945 New York


[ef]
He's stone cold dead in de market,
He's stone cold dead in de market,
He's stone cold dead in de market,
I killed nobody but me husband!

[lj]
Last night I went out drinking,
When I came home I gave her a beating,
So she catch up the rolling pin
And went to work on my head till she bashed it in!

I lie cold dead in de market,
Stone cold dead in de market,
I lie cold dead in de market,
She killed nobody but her husband!

[ef]
I lick him wid de pot and de frying pan,
I lick him wid de pot and de frying pan,
I lick him wid de pot and de frying pan,
Then if I kill him, he had it coming!

Man, he's stone cold dead in de market,
He's stone cold dead in de market,
He's stone cold dead in de market,
I killed nobody but me husband!

[lj]
My family, they swearing to kill her,
My family, they swearing to kill her!
[ef]
His family, they swearing to kill me,
And if I kill him, he had it coming!

[lj]
I lie cold dead in de market, chile,
Cold dead in de market, chile,
I lie cold dead in de market,
She killed nobody but her husband!

[ef]
There is one thing that I am sure,
He ain't goin' to beat me no more!
So I tell you that I doesn't care
If I was to die in the 'lectric chair!

Man, he's stone cold dead in de market,
He's stone cold dead in de market,
He's stone cold dead in de market,
I killed nobody but me husband!

[lj]
Hey chile, I'm comin' back and bash you on your head one more time!
[ef]
No no man, you can't do that!

You're stone cold dead in de market, murder!
Stone cold dead in de market,
De criminal is stone cold dead in de market,
I killed nobody but me husband!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2012)