Cab Calloway Lyrics
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'Long About Midnight
Just take a look at Harlem after sundown,
Any time you choose;
It's hard to find the people feelin...
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird Chicken! Nice fried chicken! Barbecued chicken! Won't you send it down the line. Say! Everyone...
Ain't No Gal in This Town (Greer-Robinson) Transcribed from Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, recorded October 21, 1931. From ...
Angeline ANGELINE (1937 Original 78 record 2’54] Cab Calloway Written by: D. Browne/Fats Waller * * * *...
Are You All Reet? (Calloway, Palmer, Clark) Transcribed from vocals by Cab Calloway and chorus, recorded January 16, ...
Are You in Love With Me Again? (Cab Calloway) Transcribed from Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, recorded May 21, 1936. From Cab Ca...
Avalon I found my love in Avalon Beside a bay; I left my love in Avalon, And sailed away; I dream of he...
Aw You Dog Aw, you dog, you dirty dog, You better stop your sniffing around like that; I know just what you'r...
Baby Won't You Please Come Home I've got the blues, I feel so lonely; I'd give the world If I could only Make you understand; I...
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Baby, won't you please come home, 'Cause you've left your daddy all alone, I have tried in vain, ...
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? Baby, won't you please come home, You know you left; your daddy's all alone, I have tried in vain ...
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea I don't want you, But I hate to lose you, You've got me inbetween the devil and the deep blue sea....
Black Rhythm Down in Louisiana There's a grand piano-playing man; He knows that they can't kid him 'Cause he's...
Blues in My Heart What can I do Now that you say we're through? I'm left with the blues in my heart. How can I smi...
Cabin in the Cotton (There's a) There's a cabin in the southland Where I long to go, Little cabin in the cotton, Where the cotton...
Chattanooga Choo-Choo (Intro) Hello railroad, is this the railroad? I want a one-way ticket down to Tennessee I'm leavin' ...
Chinese Rhythm You can do most anything, but whatever you do, There's only one thing, you gotta have Chinese rhyth...
Copper Colored Gal Copper colored gal of mine, I love you 'cause you're so divine, Say you'll always be my clinging v...
Corinne Corinna This is what I have from the life record recorded during Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw (Poland) in 1974 ...
Creole Love Song When the days are sad and long, I just keep wandering on, To the place I hear a call, Because the...
Doin' the New Low-Down Listen good folks: It isn't alcohol, No yaller gal at all, Thrill me, thrill me with the pep I've...
Doin' the Rhumba Gather round, You get a thrill in your feet That'll never be beat When you're doin' the rhumba! ...
Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin' You've got me on the go, Running to and fro, Looking high and low; I don't know if I'm comin' or ...
Down-Hearted Blues Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you! I'm so disgusted, heart-broken...
Emaline Evening breezes hum their lullaby there´s a million candles in the sky I put on my sunday suit of b...
Evenin' Evenin', Every night you come and you find me, Must you always come and remind me, That my gal is...
Everybody Eats When They Come To My House Have a banana, Hannah, Try the salami, Tommy, Give with the gravy, Davy, Everybody eats when they...
Frisco Flo Frisco Flo was just a typical gal, Frisco Flo was just a regular my-gal-Sal; Frisco Flo was just a...
Good Sauce from the Gravy Bowl I like good sauce in the gravy bowl, Must be sauce about ninety days old! Good sauce, good sauce f...
Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (for Bein' Good) A Oh, she's pretty and witty, soft-natured and sweet Attractive and active, boy, clever and neat; ...
Happy Feet Happy feet! I've got those hap-hap-happy feet! Give them a low-down beat And they begin dancing! ...
Harlem Hospitality It's the one and only Lennox Avenue, That's the one and only place to travel to; Music in the air,...
Hep Cat's Love Song When I hug ya You stay hugged; When I dig ya You stay dug; When I kiss you, baby, Everybody kno...
Hep! Hep! The Jumpin' Jive Hep-hep! De-boodle-de-ack, de-boodle-de-ackasaki! Hep-hep! Oh, rang-tang, te-dah-dah, Hep-hep! ...
Hey, Doc! [Spoken] Hey, Doc, hey, Doc, I've got to see you. [Spoken] Who's that waking me up at 8:30 here in ...
Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz Say, don't be among the late ones, Change your dancing ways, Keep up with the up-to-date ones, An...
I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) Say, I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me! That's why I'm sad and lonely, Won't somebody co...
I Learned About Love From Her We met one evening when the moon was bright, And when she gave me the eye I thought that I would di...
I Love to Sing I love to sing-a About a moon-a and a June-a and a spring-a, I love to sing-a, About a sky of blu...
I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby I'm the world's most happy creature, Tell me, what can worry me? I'm crazy 'bout my baby, And my ...
It Looks Like Suzie It looks like Suzie, It must be Suzie, I'm sure it's Suzie, But I don't know; Could be Virginia ...
Jess's Natu'lly Lazy Boy, what's the matter with you? You ain't got no pep at all today! I always gets tired when...
Jitter Bug If you'd like to be a jitter bug, First thing you must do is get a jug, Put whiskey, wine and gin ...
Kickin' the Gong Around It was down in Chinatown, All the cokies laid around, Some were high and some were mighty low; Th...
Little Town Gal You're just a little town gal, Don't you go to the city, The buildings are tall And the folks got...
Lordy Hey, Lord. The night is friendly, The stars are winkin', My sleepy-headed baby's eyes are blinki...
Love is the Reason What is this thing that makes the birdies sing, The flowers bloom out of season? Sweetheart, I kno...
Margie My little Margie, I'm always thinking of you, Margie! I'll tell the whole wide world I love you; ...
Minnie the Moocher Folks, now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher, She was a red-hot hootchie-cootcher, She was...
Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day Here's some news that'll get you, It's made to order for you. I just bet it'll fit you, Follow up...
Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today) Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today, Madam, Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today...
My Coo-Coo Bird Could Swing We stole his bird, Coo-coo! A mighty fine bird, Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo! We stole this bird fr...
My Gal Mezzanine Have you seen the cute and keen Baby sweet as a tangerine? That's my gal, Mezzanine! Got blazin'...
My Honey's Lovin' Arms My honey's lovin' arms, They hold a world of charms, Little place to nestle when I'm so lonely, I...
Nobody's Sweetheart You're nobody, nobody's sweetheart now, There's no place for you somehow, With all of your fancy c...
Peckin' You talk about your truckin' when your peckin' is new, Well, here's a dance that you all should do:...
San Francisco Fan San Francisco Fan Loved a no-good gamblin' man; She drank the coffee dregs so she could fry his eg...
Save Me, Sister Save me, Sister, Sister, save me, Save me from temptation, Of other lips, of other eyes, Of other...
Six or Seven Times St. Louis woman, she's never pleased, She says there's one good man who'll soon be deceived, If sh...
So Sweet You're so sweet, how could anyone be so sweet? Tell me, little one, Believe me, you're a lucky fin...
Some of These Days Some of these days you're gonna be so lonely, Some of these days you're gonna want me only, You'll...
Somebody Stole My Gal Somebody stole my gal, Somebody stole my pal, Somebody came and took her away, She didn't even sa...
St. James Infirmary Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary, See my baby there; She's stretched out on a long, wh...
St. Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down, I hate to see that evening sun go down, 'Cause my lovin' b...
Stack O'Lee Blues Stack O'Lee blues, Know what it means, Come on, honey, let's be stepping, 'Cause my feet won't ke...
Stardust Sometimes I wonder why I spend The lonely night dreaming of a song; The melody haunts my reverie ...
Strictly Cullud Affair When your spirits are low, There's a place you can go. You'll never see white folks At a strictly...
Sweet Jenny Lee A Sweet Jenny Lee from sunny Tennessee, You'll love her when you see Sweet Jenny Lee! A Each l...
That Man is Here Again Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Mama, that man's here again! Brothers and sisters, have you heard t...
The Calloway Boogie Here's a little tune we're gonna play for you, There ain't nothin' to it and it's easy to do: Call...
The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man I'm the Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man, I can really do wonders, I can, If you've got the misery, Bring you...
The Lady With the Fan She's the lady with the fan, When she comes by, hold your man, She made Smoky Joe so ginny He for...
The Man From Harlem It was up at Mike's the other night, There was really quite a sight, Gather round, folks, while I...
The Nightmare Slumber, never comes around 'til dawn, My head starts reeling, I dream that I'm kneeling, It seem...
The Scat Song When your sweetie tells you, everything'll be okay, Just skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope ske...
The Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Swing Everybody's excited! Everybody's invited! Come along, and swing that thing, It's the wedding of M...
The Worker's Train The eight-fifteen is the worker's train, The eight-fifteen, and I'm off again, The eight-fifteen i...
Trickeration Just follow me, And you will see, What folks in Harlem Call Trickeration. Don't mean a thing, ...
Weakness I've only got one weakness: Baby darling, that one is you. I'll always keep my weakness, Forever ...
When You're Smiling When you're smiling, keep on smiling, The whole wide world will smile with you; And when you're la...
Who Calls? Who calls, When the western moon is pale, Is there someone on the trail, Who calls? Who calls, ...
Yaller A Dark folk, white folk, but never a hand, They say to this man, "You're yaller, you're yall...
You Can't Stop Me From Loving You You can throw bricks at my window, You can put tacks in my shoe, Sprinkle ground glass on my apple...
You Dog (Aw, You Dog) Aw, you dog, you dirty dog, You better stop your sniffing around like that; I know just what you'r...
You Rascal You You sure is a rascal! I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! I'll be glad when you dead, yo...
You're the Cure for What Ails Me I was once a delicate child, Watched the other kids run wild, While they played with guns and rope...
Zaz Zuh Zaz (The Zaz-Zuh-Zaz chorus has been simplified here from Cab's scatted version.) Now, here's a very e...
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird Chicken! Nice fried chicken! Barbecued chicken! Won't you send it down the line. Say! Everyone...
Ain't No Gal in This Town (Greer-Robinson) Transcribed from Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, recorded October 21, 1931. From ...
Angeline ANGELINE (1937 Original 78 record 2’54] Cab Calloway Written by: D. Browne/Fats Waller * * * *...
Are You All Reet? (Calloway, Palmer, Clark) Transcribed from vocals by Cab Calloway and chorus, recorded January 16, ...
Are You in Love With Me Again? (Cab Calloway) Transcribed from Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, recorded May 21, 1936. From Cab Ca...
Avalon I found my love in Avalon Beside a bay; I left my love in Avalon, And sailed away; I dream of he...
Aw You Dog Aw, you dog, you dirty dog, You better stop your sniffing around like that; I know just what you'r...
Baby Won't You Please Come Home I've got the blues, I feel so lonely; I'd give the world If I could only Make you understand; I...
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Baby, won't you please come home, 'Cause you've left your daddy all alone, I have tried in vain, ...
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? Baby, won't you please come home, You know you left; your daddy's all alone, I have tried in vain ...
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea I don't want you, But I hate to lose you, You've got me inbetween the devil and the deep blue sea....
Black Rhythm Down in Louisiana There's a grand piano-playing man; He knows that they can't kid him 'Cause he's...
Blues in My Heart What can I do Now that you say we're through? I'm left with the blues in my heart. How can I smi...
Cabin in the Cotton (There's a) There's a cabin in the southland Where I long to go, Little cabin in the cotton, Where the cotton...
Chattanooga Choo-Choo (Intro) Hello railroad, is this the railroad? I want a one-way ticket down to Tennessee I'm leavin' ...
Chinese Rhythm You can do most anything, but whatever you do, There's only one thing, you gotta have Chinese rhyth...
Copper Colored Gal Copper colored gal of mine, I love you 'cause you're so divine, Say you'll always be my clinging v...
Corinne Corinna This is what I have from the life record recorded during Jazz Jamboree in Warsaw (Poland) in 1974 ...
Creole Love Song When the days are sad and long, I just keep wandering on, To the place I hear a call, Because the...
Doin' the New Low-Down Listen good folks: It isn't alcohol, No yaller gal at all, Thrill me, thrill me with the pep I've...
Doin' the Rhumba Gather round, You get a thrill in your feet That'll never be beat When you're doin' the rhumba! ...
Don't Know If I'm Comin' or Goin' You've got me on the go, Running to and fro, Looking high and low; I don't know if I'm comin' or ...
Down-Hearted Blues Gee, but it's hard to love someone when that someone don't love you! I'm so disgusted, heart-broken...
Emaline Evening breezes hum their lullaby there´s a million candles in the sky I put on my sunday suit of b...
Evenin' Evenin', Every night you come and you find me, Must you always come and remind me, That my gal is...
Everybody Eats When They Come To My House Have a banana, Hannah, Try the salami, Tommy, Give with the gravy, Davy, Everybody eats when they...
Frisco Flo Frisco Flo was just a typical gal, Frisco Flo was just a regular my-gal-Sal; Frisco Flo was just a...
Good Sauce from the Gravy Bowl I like good sauce in the gravy bowl, Must be sauce about ninety days old! Good sauce, good sauce f...
Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (for Bein' Good) A Oh, she's pretty and witty, soft-natured and sweet Attractive and active, boy, clever and neat; ...
Happy Feet Happy feet! I've got those hap-hap-happy feet! Give them a low-down beat And they begin dancing! ...
Harlem Hospitality It's the one and only Lennox Avenue, That's the one and only place to travel to; Music in the air,...
Hep Cat's Love Song When I hug ya You stay hugged; When I dig ya You stay dug; When I kiss you, baby, Everybody kno...
Hep! Hep! The Jumpin' Jive Hep-hep! De-boodle-de-ack, de-boodle-de-ackasaki! Hep-hep! Oh, rang-tang, te-dah-dah, Hep-hep! ...
Hey, Doc! [Spoken] Hey, Doc, hey, Doc, I've got to see you. [Spoken] Who's that waking me up at 8:30 here in ...
Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz Say, don't be among the late ones, Change your dancing ways, Keep up with the up-to-date ones, An...
I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) Say, I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me! That's why I'm sad and lonely, Won't somebody co...
I Learned About Love From Her We met one evening when the moon was bright, And when she gave me the eye I thought that I would di...
I Love to Sing I love to sing-a About a moon-a and a June-a and a spring-a, I love to sing-a, About a sky of blu...
I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby I'm the world's most happy creature, Tell me, what can worry me? I'm crazy 'bout my baby, And my ...
It Looks Like Suzie It looks like Suzie, It must be Suzie, I'm sure it's Suzie, But I don't know; Could be Virginia ...
Jess's Natu'lly Lazy Boy, what's the matter with you? You ain't got no pep at all today! I always gets tired when...
Jitter Bug If you'd like to be a jitter bug, First thing you must do is get a jug, Put whiskey, wine and gin ...
Kickin' the Gong Around It was down in Chinatown, All the cokies laid around, Some were high and some were mighty low; Th...
Little Town Gal You're just a little town gal, Don't you go to the city, The buildings are tall And the folks got...
Lordy Hey, Lord. The night is friendly, The stars are winkin', My sleepy-headed baby's eyes are blinki...
Love is the Reason What is this thing that makes the birdies sing, The flowers bloom out of season? Sweetheart, I kno...
Margie My little Margie, I'm always thinking of you, Margie! I'll tell the whole wide world I love you; ...
Minnie the Moocher Folks, now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher, She was a red-hot hootchie-cootcher, She was...
Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day Here's some news that'll get you, It's made to order for you. I just bet it'll fit you, Follow up...
Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today) Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today, Madam, Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today...
My Coo-Coo Bird Could Swing We stole his bird, Coo-coo! A mighty fine bird, Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo! We stole this bird fr...
My Gal Mezzanine Have you seen the cute and keen Baby sweet as a tangerine? That's my gal, Mezzanine! Got blazin'...
My Honey's Lovin' Arms My honey's lovin' arms, They hold a world of charms, Little place to nestle when I'm so lonely, I...
Nobody's Sweetheart You're nobody, nobody's sweetheart now, There's no place for you somehow, With all of your fancy c...
Peckin' You talk about your truckin' when your peckin' is new, Well, here's a dance that you all should do:...
San Francisco Fan San Francisco Fan Loved a no-good gamblin' man; She drank the coffee dregs so she could fry his eg...
Save Me, Sister Save me, Sister, Sister, save me, Save me from temptation, Of other lips, of other eyes, Of other...
Six or Seven Times St. Louis woman, she's never pleased, She says there's one good man who'll soon be deceived, If sh...
So Sweet You're so sweet, how could anyone be so sweet? Tell me, little one, Believe me, you're a lucky fin...
Some of These Days Some of these days you're gonna be so lonely, Some of these days you're gonna want me only, You'll...
Somebody Stole My Gal Somebody stole my gal, Somebody stole my pal, Somebody came and took her away, She didn't even sa...
St. James Infirmary Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary, See my baby there; She's stretched out on a long, wh...
St. Louis Blues I hate to see that evening sun go down, I hate to see that evening sun go down, 'Cause my lovin' b...
Stack O'Lee Blues Stack O'Lee blues, Know what it means, Come on, honey, let's be stepping, 'Cause my feet won't ke...
Stardust Sometimes I wonder why I spend The lonely night dreaming of a song; The melody haunts my reverie ...
Strictly Cullud Affair When your spirits are low, There's a place you can go. You'll never see white folks At a strictly...
Sweet Jenny Lee A Sweet Jenny Lee from sunny Tennessee, You'll love her when you see Sweet Jenny Lee! A Each l...
That Man is Here Again Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Mama, that man's here again! Brothers and sisters, have you heard t...
The Calloway Boogie Here's a little tune we're gonna play for you, There ain't nothin' to it and it's easy to do: Call...
The Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man I'm the Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man, I can really do wonders, I can, If you've got the misery, Bring you...
The Lady With the Fan She's the lady with the fan, When she comes by, hold your man, She made Smoky Joe so ginny He for...
The Man From Harlem It was up at Mike's the other night, There was really quite a sight, Gather round, folks, while I...
The Nightmare Slumber, never comes around 'til dawn, My head starts reeling, I dream that I'm kneeling, It seem...
The Scat Song When your sweetie tells you, everything'll be okay, Just skeep-beep de bop-bop beep bop bo-dope ske...
The Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Swing Everybody's excited! Everybody's invited! Come along, and swing that thing, It's the wedding of M...
The Worker's Train The eight-fifteen is the worker's train, The eight-fifteen, and I'm off again, The eight-fifteen i...
Trickeration Just follow me, And you will see, What folks in Harlem Call Trickeration. Don't mean a thing, ...
Weakness I've only got one weakness: Baby darling, that one is you. I'll always keep my weakness, Forever ...
When You're Smiling When you're smiling, keep on smiling, The whole wide world will smile with you; And when you're la...
Who Calls? Who calls, When the western moon is pale, Is there someone on the trail, Who calls? Who calls, ...
Yaller A Dark folk, white folk, but never a hand, They say to this man, "You're yaller, you're yall...
You Can't Stop Me From Loving You You can throw bricks at my window, You can put tacks in my shoe, Sprinkle ground glass on my apple...
You Dog (Aw, You Dog) Aw, you dog, you dirty dog, You better stop your sniffing around like that; I know just what you'r...
You Rascal You You sure is a rascal! I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! I'll be glad when you dead, yo...
You're the Cure for What Ails Me I was once a delicate child, Watched the other kids run wild, While they played with guns and rope...
Zaz Zuh Zaz (The Zaz-Zuh-Zaz chorus has been simplified here from Cab's scatted version.) Now, here's a very e...
