Bottle It Up and Go

Bottle It Up And Go 2: 46 Trk 3 Disc 1 Tommy McClennan Recorded: Wednesday Nov. 22, 1939 Chicago, Illinois RCA Studio A., A&R - Lester Melrose Tommy McClennan - vocal & guitar Album: RCA Bluebird Recordings 1939-1942 RCA 07863, 67430-2 (BMG Music) 1997 *Note at end Yes, yas Got to bottle it up an go Got to bottle it up an go Now, 'em high-power women (guitar) Yeah Now, she may be old Ninety year She ain't too old For the shift them gears She gots (guitar) 'Got to do what, tell me 'gain?' 'Got to bottle it up and go' Now, them high power women Yeah! Now, I told my girl Week 'fore last The gate she jus' came in Just a little too fast She had to bottle it up an go She had to bottle it up an go'd An them high-power women (guitar) Yes, yeah Now, the nigger and the white man Playin', set 'em up Nigger beat the white man Was scared to pick it up 'He had the bottle up and do what?' Had to bottle it up and go And them high-power women (guitar) Yeah Now, look-a-here, baby You stay last night? Ain't none a yo' business You don't do me right 'You got t' (guitar) 'Gotta do what? Tell me again, I don't understand?' I've got the bottle up and go'd I ain't gon' bother with 'em Now, them high-power women Yeah Now, nickel is a nickel A dime is a dime I don' need no girl If she want wine She has to (guitar) Had do what? Had to bottle up and go And them high-power women Yeah Now, my mama killed a chicken She thought it was a duck She put him on the table With the legs stickin' up He had-a (guitar) Had to do what? He had the bottle it up and go'd An them high-powered women Sho' got the bottle up and gone 'Yeah, play it man-a Be-da, bee, bop, bop, bop Bo, de-dum, be-dum, bop, bop Bo, bom, bom, bom, bom Bee-da, bee-um, bop-um, bop-um, bop Bo, bop-um, bop-um, bop-bop, be-ba T-dee-da, t-dee-da T-da-da-da (guitar) Yeah! Uh-huh! Got the bottle up and go Got the bottle up and go Now, you high-power women Sho' got to bottle 'em up and go. ~ *Note: (Bluebird insert notes by M.K. Aldin) (brief & condensed) notes about this song) Big Bill Broonzy told Tommy not to use the 'n' word. But he got mad at Bill and said, 'Hell no, I'll Never change my song'. Big Bill said he knew Tommy was right, the way he felt about it because He had sang the same words in another song of his Before Tommy was born but knew better than to do It in the North... The next night Big Bill took Tommy to a party, Tommy Sang his version of 'Bottle It Up And Go.' The song flopped And Big Bill had to put Tommy out the window and they Ran 5 miles to one of Big Bill's friend's house. ~