'T'AINT NOBODY'S BUSINESS [BIZNESS] IF I DO
Porter Grainger & Everett Robbins   1922


Bessie Smith   rec April 26th 1923 New York


also-
Sara Martin w Fats Waller '22
Alberta Hunter '23
Jimmy Witherspoon '49
Billie Holiday w Buster Harding & his Orch '49
Ella Fitzgerald w Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five '50
Billie Holiday w Count Basie & his Orch '54
Billie Holiday w Chico Hamilton's Quintet '56
Dinah Washington '57
Abbey Lincoln '58  '60
Peggy Lee '88


There ain't nothin' I can do, or nothin' I can say
That folks don't criticise me,
But I'm going to do just as I want to anyway,
And don't care if you all despise me!


If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean,
'T'aint nobody's business if I do, do, do!


If I go to church on Sunday,
Then just shimmy down on Monday,
'T'aint nobody's business if I do, if I do!


If my friend ain't got no money,
And I say, "Take all mine, honey",
'T'aint nobody's business if I do, do, do do!


If I give him my lasy nickel,
And it leaves me in a pickle,
'T'aint nobody's business if I do, if I do!


There, I'd rather my man was hittin' me,
Than to jump right up and quittin' me,
'T'aint nobody's business if I do, do, do do!


I swear I won't call no copper
If I'm beat up by my papa,
'T'aint nobody's business if I do, if I do!










(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2008)