I Don't Play No Favorites 1898

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Jan 2009
2009

Last night I went to a darky ball
it was a warm thing through and through,
For coons were there
from ev'rywhere
from Yonkers and Dark Town too
There was a big black gal
by the name of Sal
who was the queen of the ball.
And she was looked upon
by ev'ry one to be the
warmest thing in the hall.
now she had a pardner
for ev'ry dance
but this time she wasn't engaged.
So I asked her for to Twostep
cause that twirl was all the rage,
I said now here Miss Jackson
you cert'nly ought not to refuse me.
She propped her hands
upon her hips
and said now look here Rufus Lee.

I s'pose you know
I don't play no fav'rites
cause you're like all the rest to me,
you cert'nly know
you don't 'zemble that black man
that came from Tennessee.
You bet that me and my honey
is warm things
and we're members of high degree.
So don't get rough
or you'll get yourself disliked
for you're the same as the rest to me.

I s'pose you know
I don't play no fav'rites
cause you're like all the rest to me,
you cert'nly know
you don't 'zemble that black man
that came from Tennessee.
You bet that me and my honey
is warm things
and we're members of high degree.
So don't get rough
or you'll get yourself disliked
for you're the same as the rest to me.

Well I thought it was best
for to leave that gal
when I saw we couldn't agree,
For I knew that if I
had got bad
they would wipe the floor with me,
so I grabbed myself a lady
and round the floor we two did dance
And when Miss Jackson
saw I was so good
she nearly fell in a trance.
So when the dance was done
she came to me and said
she didn't mean no harm.
She said I cert'nly was
one pretty man
also a ladies charm,
so we got kinder mixed togther
and I stole her heart away
and if any coons now
gets fresh with her
these words 'bout me she'll say.

I s'pose you know
I don't play no fav'rites
cause you're like all the rest to me,
you cert'nly know
you don't 'zemble that black man
that came from Tennessee.
You bet that me and my honey
is warm things
and we're members of high degree.
So don't get rough
or you'll get yourself disliked
for you're the same as the rest to me.

I s'pose you know
I don't play no fav'rites
cause you're like all the rest to me,
you cert'nly know
you don't 'zemble that black man
that came from Tennessee.
You bet that me and my honey
is warm things
and we're members of high degree.
So don't get rough
or you'll get yourself disliked
for you're the same as the rest to me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Don't Play No Favorites 1898
words & music by Al.Johns
© 1898 by F.A.Mills - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 18 January 2009 at 14.41
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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