Lawd my delicate ears! LOL, these old timers are just too much!
Bo Carter
Armenter Chatmon (June 30, 1893 – September 21, 1964), known as Bo Carter , was an early American blues musician. Carter has become best known for his bawdy songs, such as “Let Me Roll Your Lemon”, “Banana in Your Fruit Basket”, “Pin in Your Cushion”, “Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me”, “Please Warm My Wiener” and “My Pencil Won’t Write No More”.
Please Warm My Wiener
I got somethin’ to tell ya baby, don’t get mad this time,
if you warm my weiner, you give me ease all up in my mind Baby,
please warm my wiener, oh, warm my wiener,
won’t you just warm my wiener, ’cause he really don’t feel right cold
Now listen here, sweet baby, i ain’t no lyin’ man,
if you warm my wiener one time, you gonna want him again
Carter and his brothers (including the pianist Harry Chatmon, who also made recordings) first learned music from their father, the fiddler Henderson Chatmon, a former slave, at their home on a plantation between Bolton and Edwards, Mississippi. Their mother, Eliza, also sang and played the guitar.
Banana In Your Fruit Basket
I’ve got a brand new skillet
I’ve got a brand new lead
All I needs is a woman
Just to burn my bread
And I’m tellin’ you baby
I sure ain’t goin’ tonight
Let me put my banana in your fruitbasket and I’ll be satisfied
Now I got the (washboard)
My baby got the tub
We gonna put them together
Gonna rub, rub, rub
And I’m tellin’ you baby
I sure ain’t goin’ tonight
Let me put my banana in your fruitbasket and I’ll be satisfied
Gonna let my banana spoil now
Let my banana spoil now
I can see the way you carryin’ on you don’t want my banana no how
Now I got the dasher
My baby got the churn
We gonna churn, churn, churn
Until the butter come
And I’m tellin’ you baby
I sure ain’t goin’ tonight
Let me put my banana in your fruitbasket then I’ll be satisfied
Now my babies got the cloth
And I’ve got the needle
We’re going to stick, stick, stick
Until we both will feel it
Then I’m tellin’ you baby
I sure ain’t goin’ tonight
Let me put my banana in your fruitbasket then I’ll be satisfied
Gonna let my banana ruin now
Gonna let my banana ruin now
I can see the way you goin’ on you don’t want my banana no how
Now my baby got the meat
And I got the knife
Im gonna do her cuttin’
(to balance out my life)
And I’m tellin’ you baby
I sure ain’t goin’ tonight
Let me put my banana in your fruitbasket then I’ll be satisfied
Carter made his recording debut in 1928, backing Alec Johnson, and was soon was recording as a solo musician. He became one of the dominant blues recording acts of the 1930s, recording 110 sides. He also played with and managed the family group, the Mississippi Sheiks, and several other acts in the area. He and the Sheiks often performed for whites, playing the pop hits of the day and white-oriented dance material, while for blacks, playing the bluesier repertoire.
Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me
My old pencil won’t write no more
Because the lead’s all gone, oh the lead’s all gone,
Oh the lead’s all gone, the pencil won’t write no more
I could feel my old pencil droppin’ forward all the time
Because the lead’s all gone, oh the lead’s all gone,
Oh the lead’s all gone, the pencil won’t write no more
I was worryin’ ’bout my old pencil won’t write no more
Because the lead’s all gone, oh the lead’s all gone,
Oh the lead’s all gone, the pencil won’t write no more
I lost all the lead in my pencil I had
Now, the lead’s all gone, oh the lead’s all gone,
Oh the lead’s all gone, the pencil won’t write no more
It wasn’t nothin’ doin’, my old pencil wouldn’t write
Because the lead’s all gone, oh the lead’s all gone,
Oh the lead’s all gone, the pencil won’t write no more
His mama’s always, shiftin’ from home
Because the lead’s all gone, oh the lead’s all gone,
Oh the lead’s all gone, the pencil won’t write no more
Can’t write for that woman you have to let her go
Because the lead’s all gone, oh the lead’s all gone,
Oh the lead’s all gone, the pencil won’t write no more