Original recording:
Charlie Parker
from Charlie Parker Bird/The Original Savoy Recordings (1944)
Charlie Parker, alto sax
Clyde Hart, piano
Tiny Grimes, guitar, vocal
Jimmy Butts, bass, vocal
Harold "Doc" West, drums
lyrics
Romance without finance is a nuisance
Baby, you know I need me some gold
Romance without finance just don't make sense
Mama, mama, please give up that gold
You so great and you so fine
You ain't got no money you can't be mine
It ain't no joke to be stone broke
Baby, you know I'd lie when I say
Romance without finance is a nuisance
Please please baby give me some gold
Romance without finance is a nuisance
Oh baby, I must have me some gold
Romance without finance just don't make sense
Oh baby, mama, mama, give up that gold
You so great and you so fine
You ain't got no money you can't be mine
It ain't no joke to be stone broke
Baby, you know I'd lie when I say
Romance without finance is a nuisance
credits
from Slacks,
track released July 11, 2003
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