Dat Ain't Nothin' But Talk 1904

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 October 2010
2010

Did your Mammy or your Daddy
ever pat you on de head,
An' say "child 'deed you don't know
what you're worth?"
They said to me: "Have manners
and you'll never want for bread,
For manners is the grandest thing on earth,"
They said 'twould take me further
than my money ever could,
and says: "for want of things
I'd never fret;
But now I cert'nly knows enough
to say dat talk is cheap,
Right now there's things I want
and cannot get.

Dat ain't nothin' but talk, talk,
dat ain't nothin' but talk;
Without a doubt,
I'd done found out,
dat de old folks don't know
what they're talkin' 'bout;
Dat ain't nothin' but talk, talk,
dat ain't nothin' but talk;
They'll tell you this and dat,
'deed you don't know where you're at!
Pahaw! dat ain't nothin' but talk!

Dat ain't nothin' but talk, talk,
dat ain't nothin' but talk;
Without a doubt,
I'd done found out,
dat de old folks don't know
what they're talkin' 'bout;
Dat ain't nothin' but talk, talk,
dat ain't nothin' but talk;
They'll tell you this and dat,
'deed you don't know where you're at!
Pahaw! dat ain't nothin' but talk!

Once a fortune teller said to me:
"Just let me see your hand,
There's a line there
that shows prosperity,"
He said: "You've got a rich old uncle
livin' in the South,
Who's gwine to will to you his property."
It's true I've got an uncle
but he never owned a thing;
Dat fortune teller had an awful gall,
To sit and tell me
what I'll get
from poor old Uncle Ned,
When he's just barely livin'
and dat's all.

Dat ain't nothin' but talk, talk,
dat ain't nothin' but talk;
Without a doubt,
I'd done found out,
dat de old folks don't know
what they're talkin' 'bout;
Dat ain't nothin' but talk, talk,
dat ain't nothin' but talk;
They'll tell you this and dat,
'deed you don't know where you're at!
Pahaw! dat ain't nothin' but talk!

Dat ain't nothin' but talk, talk,
dat ain't nothin' but talk;
Without a doubt,
I'd done found out,
dat de old folks don't know
what they're talkin' 'bout;
Dat ain't nothin' but talk, talk,
dat ain't nothin' but talk;
They'll tell you this and dat,
'deed you don't know where you're at!
Pahaw! dat ain't nothin' but talk!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dat Ain't Nothin' But Talk 1904
by Harry Brown & Chris Smith
© 1904 by Falter Bros.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 28 October 2010 at 16.30
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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