TEMPTATION (TIM-TAY-SHUN)
(Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed)

Red Ingle & Cinderella G. Stump (aka Jo Stafford) - 1947



RED:
Rosin on the bow and here we go...ptoo!

Oh, tell me will you, darlin' 
Why you look so bad tonight 
They's bags around yer eyeballs 
Which is red instead of white

JO:
Well, it were this a-way

You came when I was alone 
Shucks, I shoulda knowed 
That you wuz tim-tay-shun 
You smiled, a-leerin' me on 
My heart is plumb gone 
Coz you wuz tim-tay-shun

It'd be thrillin' if'n yer willin' 
But if'n it never can be, then pity for me 
Fer you wuz too bored to be kissed 
I couldn't resist 
Coz you wuz tim-tay-shun 
And I wuz yourn 

(Instrumental Break)

RED:
Yes, as the serpent tempted Adam 
As the apple tempted Eve 
As a mudhole tempts a mosquiter, darlin' 
JO:
That's how you tempted me 

RED:
And as corn liquor tempts a drunkard 
As sorghum tempts a bee 
As a willer tree tempts a catterpillar, darlin' 
JO:
That's how you tempted me 

JO:
You came when I wuz alone 
Shucks, I shoulda knowed 
That you wuz tim-tay-shun 
You smiled, a-leerin' me on 
My heart is plumb gone 
Coz you wuz tim-tay-shun

It'd be thrillin' if'n yer willin' 
But if'n it never can be then pity for me 
Coz you wuz too bored to be kissed 
I couldn't resist 
Coz you wuz tim-tay-shun
And I was yourn 

Here's my heart, take it away 
Yes, take it away and say 
That we will never, never, never part 
I'm just a slave, just a dadburn slave 
I'm a-gonna wed you 
Coz yer tim-tay-shun
And I'm a red-hot flame [RED: Hot Cinders!] fer you!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2010)