Whoopee Blues
DESCRIPTION: Singer's lover has "been gone all day ... make whoopee all night." His razor will "cut" her "late hours." He gave the undertaker her height and size: "Next time you go out carry your black suit along" (so you're ready to be buried)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1932 (StuffDreams1)
KEYWORDS: infidelity warning death nonballad lover
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RECORDINGS:
King Solomon Hill, "Whoopee Blues (alternate take)" (on StuffDreams1)
NOTES [18 words]: Three line blues: the first line is repeated -- more or less -- and the last line completes the thought. - BS
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File: RcWhooBl
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