The Aunt Jemima Slide 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Sep 2005

Aunt Jemima lives down where
the Deacons are strict,
about the way the Holy work goes on.
Ev'ry evening while the picaninnies
were sleepin'
she was prayin' for a brighter dawn.
But one night when the Parson wasn't lookin'
Uncle Mose he taught her that new glide,
now the congregation's simply
joined in syncopation
to the time of that entrancing slide.

Oh that Aunt Jemima slide,
how they sway from side to side,
ev'rybody's doin'
the Wicki Wacki Wooin'
and the Deacons begin to shout
[spoken:] Parson must be losing out
[sung:] When that saxophone starts to groan
how the darkies do dance and moan
ain't no use of talkin'
you got to keep a walkin'
when they play the Aunt Jemima slide.

Oh that Aunt Jemima slide,
how they sway from side to side,
ev'rybody's doin'
the Wicki Wacki Wooin'
and the Deacons begin to shout
[spoken:] Parson must be losing out
[sung:] When that saxophone starts to groan
how the darkies do dance and moan
ain't no use of talkin'
you got to keep a walkin'
when they play the Aunt Jemima slide.

Rastus and Diana
were the two picaninnies
who had wandered far from Dixie Land.
While away they learned to do
the OneStep and Foxtrot
to the music of Hawaii's band.
But when they returned
to demonstrate the dances,
Darkies on the old plantation cried,
if you want a tune that's full
of old time religion,
listen to the Aunt Jemima slide.

Oh that Aunt Jemima slide,
how they sway from side to side,
ev'rybody's doin'
the Wicki Wacki Wooin'
and the Deacons begin to shout
[spoken:] Parson must be losing out
[sung:] When that saxophone starts to groan
how the darkies do dance and moan
ain't no use of talkin'
you got to keep a walkin'
when they play the Aunt Jemima slide.

Oh that Aunt Jemima slide,
how they sway from side to side,
ev'rybody's doin'
the Wicki Wacki Wooin'
and the Deacons begin to shout
[spoken:] Parson must be losing out
[sung:] When that saxophone starts to groan
how the darkies do dance and moan
ain't no use of talkin'
you got to keep a walkin'
when they play the Aunt Jemima slide.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Aunt Jemima Slide 1917
Music by Karl Johnson
Lyrics by Hugh McNutt
© MCMXVII by Hugh McNutt Pub. Co. St. Joseph, Mo.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 14 September 2005 at 16.46
in association with Doug Grierson
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