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Country Blues Lyrics / Re: Barbecue Bob Lyrics
« Last post by Johnm on July 09, 2019, 09:38:04 AM »Hi all,
Another later Barbecue Bob track is "Doin' The Scraunch", for which he returned to Spanish tuning. He pronounces the dance name in the title "scrunch", which also makes sense with how the dance is described in the lyrics. Whenever I hear songs speaking of a dance craze, I always wonder if there really was such a craze, or if the song was an attempt to start one. Here is "Doin' The Scraunch":
Down in Vicksburg we have a dance that new, ain't much to it, it easy to do
REFRAIN: Called doin' that scrunch, ah, doin' that scrunch
You have to wiggle and wobble it, honey, when you do the scrunch
You wiggles and you wobble it and you move it around, ball the jack, and you go to town
REFRAIN: And do that scrunch, ah, you do that scrunch
Ah, you shake it and wiggle it, honey, when you do that scrunch
I know a gal by name of Lizzie Brown, she do that scrunch, she's the best in town
REFRAIN: When she dos that scrunch, ah, she do that scrunch
She's a high-steppin' mama, when she do that scrunch
She steps so fast and she steps so light, find her doin' that scrunch on the Saturday night
REFRAIN: When she dos that scrunch, ah, she dos that scrunch
She's a red hot mama, oh, how she do that scrunch
GUITAR INTERLUDE
My little gal don't know what scrunchin' means, showed her once, now she's the scrunchin' queen
REFRAIN: Ah, she dos that scrunch, ah, she dos that scrunch
She's a red hot mama, when she do the scrunch
Grandmama and Grandpapa, the age of eighty-three, they the best scrunchers you ever see
REFRAIN: Oh, they do a good scrunch, when they do that scrunch
Oh, it's all in, people, ah, how they do that scrunch
Down on the levee in New Orleans, find the best scrunchers the world ever seen
REFRAIN: When they do the good scrunch, ah, they do the good scrunch
In the moonlight, rollin', ah, how they do that scrunch
GUITAR INTERLUDE
Got the right step, you move it just right, you do that scrunch and it just too tight
REFRAIN: When you do that scrunch, oh, you do that scrunch
You wiggle and wobble it, when you do that scrunch
GUITAR INTERLUDE
I got a gal by name of Blind Lemon Mett, do that scrunch, it's good like that
REFRAIN: When she do that scrunch, ah, she do that scrunch
She wiggle and shake it, when she do that scrunch
OUTRO
All best,
Johnm
Another later Barbecue Bob track is "Doin' The Scraunch", for which he returned to Spanish tuning. He pronounces the dance name in the title "scrunch", which also makes sense with how the dance is described in the lyrics. Whenever I hear songs speaking of a dance craze, I always wonder if there really was such a craze, or if the song was an attempt to start one. Here is "Doin' The Scraunch":
Down in Vicksburg we have a dance that new, ain't much to it, it easy to do
REFRAIN: Called doin' that scrunch, ah, doin' that scrunch
You have to wiggle and wobble it, honey, when you do the scrunch
You wiggles and you wobble it and you move it around, ball the jack, and you go to town
REFRAIN: And do that scrunch, ah, you do that scrunch
Ah, you shake it and wiggle it, honey, when you do that scrunch
I know a gal by name of Lizzie Brown, she do that scrunch, she's the best in town
REFRAIN: When she dos that scrunch, ah, she do that scrunch
She's a high-steppin' mama, when she do that scrunch
She steps so fast and she steps so light, find her doin' that scrunch on the Saturday night
REFRAIN: When she dos that scrunch, ah, she dos that scrunch
She's a red hot mama, oh, how she do that scrunch
GUITAR INTERLUDE
My little gal don't know what scrunchin' means, showed her once, now she's the scrunchin' queen
REFRAIN: Ah, she dos that scrunch, ah, she dos that scrunch
She's a red hot mama, when she do the scrunch
Grandmama and Grandpapa, the age of eighty-three, they the best scrunchers you ever see
REFRAIN: Oh, they do a good scrunch, when they do that scrunch
Oh, it's all in, people, ah, how they do that scrunch
Down on the levee in New Orleans, find the best scrunchers the world ever seen
REFRAIN: When they do the good scrunch, ah, they do the good scrunch
In the moonlight, rollin', ah, how they do that scrunch
GUITAR INTERLUDE
Got the right step, you move it just right, you do that scrunch and it just too tight
REFRAIN: When you do that scrunch, oh, you do that scrunch
You wiggle and wobble it, when you do that scrunch
GUITAR INTERLUDE
I got a gal by name of Blind Lemon Mett, do that scrunch, it's good like that
REFRAIN: When she do that scrunch, ah, she do that scrunch
She wiggle and shake it, when she do that scrunch
OUTRO
All best,
Johnm
