Bessie Smith - Aggravatin' Papa lyrics

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I know a drivin' man, <br />

They call him Driver Sam, <br />

He lives in Birmingham, <br />

Way down in Alabam. <br />

Now, the other night <br />

He had a fight with a gal named Mandy Brown, <br />

She kept on saying he was aggravatin', <br />

And she shouted out to him: <br />

Aggravatin' Papa, don't you try to two-time me! <br />

I said, don't two-time me! <br />

Aggravatin' Papa, treat me kind or let me be, <br />

I mean, just let me be! <br />

It's been awhile, I'll get you told, <br />

Stop messin' round, sweet jellyroll. <br />

If you stay out with a high-brown baby, <br />

I'll smack you down, and I don't mean maybe! <br />

Aggravatin' Papa, I'll do anything you say, <br />

Anything you say, <br />

But when you go struttin', do your strut around my way! <br />

So, papa, just treat me pretty, be nice and kind! <br />

The way you treated me will make me lose my mind! <br />

Aggravatin' Papa, don't you try to two-time me! <br />

Just treat me pretty, be nice and sweet! <br />

I got a darn forty-four that don't repeat, <br />

Aggravatin' Papa, don't you try to two-time me!