It Just Won't Quit

It Just Won't Quit-Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob, vocal and guitar in Spanish tuning, with a slide

Got a shimmy-shaker from Tennessee, she shook it around and made a fool out of me, and
REFRAIN: It just won't quit, ah, it just won't quit
But you needn't try to stop her, honey, 'cause she just won't quit

A boy and gal in the parlor one night, I don't know what he did, but she screamed for her light, and say,
REFRAIN: "He just won't quit, oh, he just won't quit.
But you needn't try to stop 'im, honey, 'cause he just won't quit."

I were lookin' for a seven, I throwed out a three, that's the kind of craps that made a chump out of me, and it
REFRAIN: Just won't quit, oh, they just won't quit
Honey, don't you try to stop him, honey, 'cause it just won't quit

All the gals all calls him, Sweet Man Pete, they're all crazy 'bout that certain little meat, and it
REFRAIN: Just won't quit, oh, she just won't quit
But don't you try to stop him, honey, 'cause he just won't quit

Santy Claus filled his stockings, first I ever saw, he filled up the last and jumped in the bed with Ma, and sayin'
REFRAIN: Just won't quit, ah, he just won't quit
But don't you try to stop him, honey, 'cause it just won't quit

There were two tom cats playin' out in the grass, one said, "You get me now, 'cause I got you last." And it
REFRAIN: Just won't quit, ah, it just won't quit
But you needn't try to stop it, honey, 'cause it just won't quit

You don't like my peaches, don't you shake my tree, walk out of my orchard, let my fruit trees be, and it
REFRAIN: Just won't quit, oh, he just won't quit
But you needn't try to stop him, honey, 'cause he just won't quit

But this little thing's, a funny little thing, every time you do it, you got to shake that thing, and it
REFRAIN: Just won't quit, ah, it just won't quit
But don't you try to stop it, honey, 'cause it just won't quit

It's too tight, it won't quit, it get loose, and I'm playin' it, and it
REFRAIN: Just won't quit, ah, it just won't quit
'Cause you needn't try to stop it, honey, 'cause it just won't quit

'Way down yonder in Dixie land, women all screamin' at the joker man, 'cause he
REFRAIN: Just won't quit, ah, he just won't quit
But don't you try to stop him, honey, 'cause it just won't quit

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