Swing, Brother, Swing
L. Raymond & W. Bishop & C. Williams
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1937 | LR | 3 | Complete on Columbia v.8 | 4 | 1’49” |
Deep rhythm captivates me
Hot rhythm stimulates me
Can’t help but swing it boy
Swing it brothers swingDon’t stop to diddle daddle
Stop this foolish prattle
Come on swing me Gate
Swing it brothers swingRaring to go and ain’t nobody
Gonna hold me down
Say listen boy
Hurry up and send me
Let me go to town
Stop this diddle daddle
And this foolish prattle
Come on kill me Jo
Swing it brothers swingDeep rhythm captivates me
Hot rhythm stimulates me
Can’t help but swing it boy
Swing it brothers swingDon’t stop to diddle daddle
Stop this foolish prattle
Come on send me Count
Swing it brothers swingRarin’ to go and ain’t nobody
Gonna hold me down
Say listen boy
Hurry up and send me
Let me go to town
Stop this diddle daddle
And this foolish prattle
Come on swing me Count
Swing it brothers swing
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1939 | MT | 124 | Complete on Columbia v.6 | 4 | 2’55” |
Deep rhythm captivates me
Hot rhythm stimulates me
Can’t help but swing it boy
Swing it brothers swingDon’t stop to diddle daddle
Stop this foolish prattle
Come on swing me boys
Swing it brothers swingRaring to go and ain’t nobody
Gonna hold me down
Say listen boy
Hurry up and send me
Let me go to town
Stop this diddle daddle
And this foolish prattle
Come on kill me boy
Swing it brothers swing(bridge)
Deep rhythm captivates me
Hot rhythm stimulates me
Can’t help but swing it boy
Swing it brothers swingDon’t stop to diddle daddle
Stop this foolish prattle
Come on kill me boys
Swing it brothers swingRarin’ to go and ain’t nobody
Gonna hold me down
Say listen boy
Hurry up and send me
Let me go to town
Stop this diddle daddle
And this foolish prattle
Come on knock me out
Swing it brothers swingSwing, brother, swing!
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Comments |
On LR #3 Billie mentions Count (Basie) and Jo (Jones – both were in the band). She also mentions “Gate”. I presume she could be referring to Louis Armstrong who carried this nickname at some point. And he had an strong influence on her.