YOU'RE JUST A NO ACCOUNT


as rec by Billie Holiday & her Orch  
Dec 13th 1939 New York

also rec by Louis Armstrong & his Orch '39


You're just a no account,
You never will amount to nothin' at all!
When there is work to do,
And someone yells for you,
You don't heed the call!

The good Lord set aside Sunday for his folks to rest,
More than one day's rest is wrong.
You start restin' Sunday and rest so hard,
You're tired the whole week long!

You're just a no account,
You never will amount to nothin' at all!
I just can't figure how,
Each time you milk the cow,
The chair gets so small!

We got machines to do
The work for you,
But you won't press the button on the wall!
You're just a no account,
You never will amount to nothin' at all!

You're just a no account,
You never will amount to nothin' at all!
I just can't figure how,
Each time you milk the cow,
The chair gets so small!

We got machines to do
The work for you,
But you won't press the button on the wall!
You're just a no account,
You never will amount to nothin' at all!
No account,
You never will amount to nothin' at all!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - May 2010)