APPLAUSE
# Mama, he treats your daughter mean
# Oh, mama, he treats your daughter mean
# He's the meanest man that I've ever seen
# Oh, mama, he treats me so mean
# Wah! Whoa, he treats me so mean
# He's the meanest man that I've ever seen
# Mama, that man is lazy
# And he drives me crazy
# He take my money
# Make me call him honey
# He can't be trusted
# I'm so disgusted
# All of my friends say they don't understand the matter with my man
# I tell you, mama
# Oh, he's mean
# Yeah, yeah
# He treats me, oh, so mean
# He's the meanest man that I've ever seen
# Oh, mama
# Mama
# Mama, he treats me mean, I said
# Mama, mama, he treats me mean
# He's the meanest man that I've ever seen
# Mama, he treats me badly
# But I love him madly
# He makes me squeeze him
# I still can't please him
# My heart is aching
# I believe it's breaking
# All of my friends said they don't understand
# What's the matter with my man?
# I tell you, mama
# Oh, he's so mean
# Yay-ey-ey, ey-ey-ey
# He's so mean
# He's the meanest man that I've ever seen. #
APPLAUSE
Ladies and gentlemen, I should like to take off
at one of Thomas Fats Waller and James P Johnson's Carolina Shout.
This is the real stride, the shout, the feeling of the church,
the spritual. Combine together and you'll get this.
That's it!
APPLAUSE
# Once I lived the life of a millionaire
# Spending my money I didn't care
# I carried my friends out for a good time
# Buying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine
# When I began to fall so low
# Nobody wanted me round their door
# If I ever get my hands on a dollar again
# I'm gonna hang on to it till that eagle grins
# Nobody knows you
# When you're down and out
# In my pocket, not one penny
# And my friends I haven't any
# But if I ever get back on my feet again
# And I find all my long-lost friends
# Seems mighty strange
# Without a doubt
# Nobody knows you when you're down and out
# I mean, when you're down and out
# When you're down and out
# Not one penny
# And, my friends, I haven't any
# And I fell so low
# Nobody wanted me hanging round their door
# Mmmm
# Without a doubt
# No man can use you when you're down and out
# I mean, when you're down and out. #
APPLAUSE