Nellie Florence – Jacksonville Blues

This song is by Nellie Florence, features Barbecue Bob on guitar and appears on the compilation The Country Girls! 1927-1935 (1964) and on the compilation album Barbecue Bob, Vol. 2 (1928-1929) (1991) by Barbecue Bob.

Nellie Florence is an obscure  vocalist who recorded two songs for Columbia in the late 1920s, accompanied by Barbecue Bob (also known as Bobby Hicks), who has been cited in various sources as being a good friend of Florence’s. The recording session took place in Atlanta, with Bob and Charles Hicks coming over from nearby Columbia, South Carolina. No other recordings have ever been located involving Florence.

Let me be your wiggler, until your wobbler come
Let me be your wiggler, until your wobbler come
If she be seen with ’em, She got to wobble some
Women crying danger, but I ain’t risen my hand
Women crying danger, but I ain’t risen my hand
I just got a way of loving they just don’t understand
Men. they call me oven, they say that I’m red Hot
Men. they call me oven, they say that I’m red Hot
They say I got something the other gals ain’t got
I can start my pudding, spread my grease with ease
I can start my pudding, spread my grease with ease
‘Cause I know my onions, that’s why I always please
Wild about coffee, but I’m crazy ’bout China tea
Wild about coffee, but I’m crazy ’bout my China tea
But this sugar daddy is sweet enough for me
Men. they call me oven, they say I’m red Hot
Men. they call me oven, they say that I’m red Hot
They say I got something the other gals ain’t got
One John in the city, one live up on the hill
One John in the city, one live up on the hill
But the man I’m loving lives down in Jacksonville