September
2008
Dirtiest Blues Song Ever
Bawdy songs have been around forever but I suspect that they were rarely recorded in the old days. The songs of Lucille Bogan may be the exception. She apparently made a career of singing about prostitution and sex. This one just revels in its rudeness, I love it.
A few lyrics:
I got nipples on my titties, big as the end of my thumb,
I got somethin’ between my legs’ll make a dead man come,
Oh daddy, baby won’t you shave ‘em dry?I would fuck you baby, honey I’d make you cry.
Now your nuts hang down like a damn bell sapper,
And your dick stands up like a steeple,
Your goddam ass-hole stands open like a church door,
And the crabs walks in like people.
Wikipedia says: “Her final recordings with Roland and Josh White included two takes of Shave ‘Em Dry, recorded in New York on Tuesday March 5, 1935. The unexpurgated alternate take is notorious for its explicit sexual references, a unique record of the lyrics sung in after-hours adult club
