Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Say Bossman , by - Bo Diddley. Release date: 26.05.2014
Song language: English
Say Bossman |
| Clifton James or Frank Kirkland — drums |
| Peggy Jones — bking vocal, Jerome Green — maracas, |
| Lafayette Leake — piano, poss. |
| Harvey Fuqua male vocal. |
| Recorded Aug. 15, 1957, Originally Checker single #878 |
| B0009231−02 Hipo Select (Geffen) 2007 |
| A-huh-huh (a-um) |
| A-huh-huh (a-um) |
| I got nineteen kids at home gotta eat |
| Eighteen of 'em need shoes on their feet |
| Boss man can’t you see? |
| All nineteen kids I’ve gotta feed |
| Ooh-oooh-ho-oh |
| Ooh-hoooh-oh |
| Early this mo’nin landlord knock on do’s |
| Don’t pay the rent boy you gotta go |
| Three days, three months in arrears |
| Five days notice you move away from here |
| (Piano & chorus) |
| Worked all day any overtime |
| Nineteen kids drive me outta my mind |
| Ooh-hoho-oh-oh |
| Ooh-hoho-ho-oh |
| Place I used to work they went on a strike |
| No use tryin' they’ll never take me back |
| A-huh-huh (a-um) |
| (A-huh-huh) a-huh-huh, move (hey) (a-um) (hey) |
| Never gonna move (hey) (a-um) (hey) |
| (A-huh-huh) I gotta move (a-um) |
| FADES- |
| (A-huh-huh) uh-huh-huh. |