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Billie Holiday : Fine and mellow (1957)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Performer
Mal Waldron's All Stars
Mal Waldron's All Stars
Performer
Danny Barker
Danny Barker
Guitar
Jo Jones
Jo Jones
Drums
Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
Piano
Jim Atlas
Jim Atlas
Bass
Lester Young
Lester Young
Tenor Saxophone
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
Tenor Saxophone
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
Tenor Saxophone
Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
Trumpet
Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
Trombone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Irving Townsend
Irving Townsend
Producer
Fred Plaut
Fred Plaut
Recording Engineer
Robert Waller
Robert Waller
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My man don't love me
Treats me oh, so mean
My man, he don't love me
Treats me awful mean
He's the lowest man
That I've ever seen
[Verse 2]
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He's so fine and mellow
[Verse 3]
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong
[Verse 4]
But if you treat me right, baby
I'll stay home every day
Just treat me right, baby
I'll stay home night and day
But you're so mean to me, baby
I know you're gonna drive me away
[Verse 5]
Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
[Verse 6]
Sometimes when you think it's on, baby
It has turned off and gone
Written by: Billie Holiday

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