Big Fat Woman

DESCRIPTION: "Lord, a big fat woman with the meat shakin' on her bones... Every time she wibble, a poor man's dollar gone." The singer has a sweet gal; he doesn't want a black woman to tempt -- or kill -- him. He speaks of the blues
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (recording, Tommy Johnson)
KEYWORDS: love sex nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 370-371, "Big Fat Woman" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #15184
RECORDINGS:
Tommy Johnson, "Big Fat Mama Blues" (Victor V38535, 1928)
Mississippi Fred McDowell, "Big Fat Mama" (on USMississippi01)
File: LoSi370

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