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Track

Quarter to Three

Label
Columbia Records
Release Date
28 February 2006
Lyrics

(One more time.)
(A-one, a-two, a-one-two-three-four.)

(Wo, wo, bom-dee-day-dee-day.)
(Wo, wo, bom-dee-day-dee-day.)
(Wo, wo, bom-dee-day-dee-day. Wo, wo.)

A-don’tcha know that I danced,
I danced till a quarter to three.
A-with the help, that night, with Daddy “G.”
A-he was swingin’ on the sax with a terrible tune,
An’ I was dancin’ all over the room.

A-don’tcha know the people were dancin’,
Like they were mad.
It was the swingin’est band they had ever had.
An’ the swingin’est song there could ever be.
Is “A night with a-Daddy ‘G.'”

A-let me tell you that, I never had it so good.
Yeah, an’ I know you never could,
Until you get hep, an’ a-with that jive,
An’ dig a band like the Church Street Five.

Don’tcha know that I danced,
I danced till a quarter to three.

A-with the help, that night, with Daddy “G.”
Everybody was a-happy as a-they could be.
But they were swingin’ with a-Daddy “G.”

A-blow Daddy!

A big beat, Daddy! Yah!
A-yay-yay-yay-yay-yeah!
A-just a little bit of soul, now!
Ahhh, yeah!

A-let me tell you that I never had it so good.
Yeah, and I know you never could,
Until you get hep an’ a-with that jive,
An’ dig a band like the Church Street Five.

Don’tcha know that I danced,
I danced till a quarter to three.
A-with the help, that night, with Daddy “G.”
Everybody was a-happy as a-they could be.
But they were swingin’ with a-Daddy “G.”
A-blow Daddy!
A-blow, blow Daddy!
A-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yeah!
Oooohh, yeah!

A-blow Daddy!

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