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Aggravatin' Papa

Bessie Smith

I know a triflin' man
They call him Triflin' Sam
He lives in Birmingham
Way down in Alabam'

Then the other night
He had a fight
With a gal named Mandy Brown
She plainly stated
He was aggravating
As she shouted out to him

Aggravatin' papa
Don't you try to two-time me
I said don't two-time me

Aggravatin' papa
Treat me kind or let me be
I mean just let me be

It's been a while
I'll get you told
Stop messin' round
Sweet jelly roll

If you stay out
With a high-brown, baby
I'll smack you down
And I don't mean maybe

Aggravatin' papa
I'll do anything you say
Anything you say

But when you go struttin'
Do you strut around my way?
So, papa, just treat me pretty
Be nice and kind

The way you're treating me
Will make me lose my mind
Aggravatin' papa
Don't you try to two-time me

Just treat me pretty
Be nice and sweet
I got a darn forty-four
That don't repeat

Aggravatin' papa
Don't you try to two-time me

Composição: Roy Turk, J. Russel Robinson, Addy Britt