Diddy Wah is a damn good site for music lovers, and through it I've discovered some swell tunes, including
my new favorite song, "Bacon Fat" by Big Daddy & His Boys.
(It's almost as good as "Check Me Baby," by Willie Tomlin (which I only know thanks to Toestubber), or “Layin’ in my Cell Sleepin’ ” by Sunnyland Slim (thanks WFMU Ichiban!).)
Check it!
(some of the) LYRICS
While I was down/in-a Tennessee
All my friends was-a/glad to see me
Seen some of ’em down/by the railroad tracks
Seen some cotton-pickers/with their sacks on their backs
They say, “Hey, maaaaaaaaaan, we’re glad to see you back/we gotta new dance/they call the Bacon Fat.”
It go: Diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-Wop! Wop!
“Lord, have mercy!”
Diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-Wop! Wop!
“Help yerself, young’uns!”
Diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-Wop! Wop!
“Yesssssssss! Feel like I wanna holler, but the town’s too small! Have mercy!”
Diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-diddley-Wop! Wop!
“Entertain the people, young’un! Yesssssssssss!”
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