Solomon Composer(s): Cole Porter Performer(s): Elisabeth Welch and multiple other artists
Solomon, had a thousand wives And bein' mighty good He wanted all o' them To lead contented lives So he bought each mamma A platinum piana, a gold lined kimona And a diamond studded Hispano Solomon, had a thousand wives
In spite of all he gave 'em, the wives of Solomon Found their poppa slow So for a jazzin', every wife of Solomon Took on a gigolo And while they pampered, Those high-brown heroes By bunchin' them and lunchin' them and suppin' them at Ciro's Solomon, had no place to go
Sol began to miss those baby dolls of his And got his favourite eunich Rastus Brown And when he heard the lowdown on those moles of his He said go out and search the whole darn town Till you've found your massa a thousand knives I'm tired of doing the treatin' For a thousand cheatin' wives Solomon, is gonna cut the whole crop down
So, Solomon, summoned his thousand wives Then Solomon, pulled out his thousand knives And he slashed their gizzards and gashed their muzzles Till all that was left o' them was a lot of jigsaw puzzles Then slowly mountin' his royal dais He picked up his microphone and said "All I gotta say is Solomon, no longer has a thousand wives"
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