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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Vocals
Fred Longshaw
Fred Longshaw
Piano
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Cornet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Composer
Stuart Balcomb
Stuart Balcomb
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lawrence Cohn
Lawrence Cohn
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Look a-here, Daddy, I want to tell you
Please get out of my sight
I'm playin' quits now
Right from this very night
[Verse 2]
You've had your day
Don't sit around and frown
You've been a good old wagon
Daddy, but you done broke down
[Verse 3]
Now, you'd better go the blacksmith shop
And get yourself overhauled
There's nothin' about you
You make a good woman fall
[Verse 4]
Nobody wants a baby
When a real man can be found
You've been a good old wagon
Daddy, but you done broke down
[Verse 5]
When the sun is shinin'
It's time to make hay
Automobiles operate
You can't make that wagon pay
[Verse 6]
When you were in your prime
You loved to run around
You've been a good old wagon
Honey, but you done broke down
[Verse 7]
There's no need to cry
And make a big show
This man has taught me more about lovin'
Than you will ever know
[Verse 8]
He is the king of lovin'
Has manners of a crown
He's a good old wagon
Daddy, and he ain't broke down
Written by: Bessie Smith, Stuart Balcomb
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