Stick McGhee - Sticks McGhee, Volume 1: 1947-1951

One Monkey Don't Stop the Show

You wanna get rich, you got to get out and dig
You want long hair, go buy yourself a wig

Please believe me, gonna tell it to you slow
It's a real true saying, "One monkey won't stop no show"

You can live in the country, you can come to town
What goes up is bound to come down

Please believe me, gonna tell it to you slow
Well, pick-up on what I'm saying, one monkey won't stop no show

You can travel by bus, you can come by train
Travel by thumb but you will get there just the same

Please believe me, gonna tell it to you slow
Yeah, dig what I'm sayin', one money won't stop no show

You don't have to be rich now to have plenty friends
Keep some cash on hand, it will pay off in the end

Please believe me, gonna tell it to you slow
Well, pick up on what I'm sayin', one monkey won't stop no show



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Writer(s): Sonny Terry
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Other Album Tracks

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  2. Baby, Baby Blues
  3. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (2)
  4. Tall Pretty Woman (Blues)
  5. Lonesome Road Blues
  6. Blues Mixture (I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water)
  7. I'll Always Remember
  8. Blue and Brokenhearted
  9. My Baby's Comin' Home
  10. Drank Up All the Wine Last Night

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Altri album

  1. The Music You Need
  2. Dealin' from the Bottom - 'Stick' in the Fifties
  3. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
  4. Granville "Stick" Mcghee, Vol. 2 (1951-1960)
  5. Granville "Stick" Mcghee, Vol. 1 (1947-1951)
  6. Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee, Drinking Wine (Remastered)
  7. Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee (Digitally Remastered)
  8. New York Blues & R&B 1948 - 1955
  9. New York Blues & R&B 1947 - 1951
  10. Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Sticks McGhee 1947-1951

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