Aggravatin' Papa
Composer(s): Roy Turk - John Robinson - Addie Britt
Performer(s): Bessie Smith 
and multiple other artists



I know a drivin' man
They call him Driver Sam
He lives in Birmingham
Way down in Alabam

Now, the other night
He had a fight with a gal named Mandy Brown
She kept on saying he was aggravatin'
And she shouted out to him

Aggravatin' Papa, don't you try to two-time me!
I said, don't two-time me!
Aggravatin' Papa, treat me kind or let me be
I mean, just let me be!
It's been awhile, I'll get you told
Stop messin' round, sweet jellyroll
If you stay out with a high-brown baby
I'll smack you down, and I don't mean maybe!

Aggravatin' Papa, I'll do anything you say
Anything you say
But when you go struttin', do your strut around my way!
So, papa, just treat me pretty, be nice and kind!
The way you treated me will make me lose my mind!
Aggravatin' Papa, don't you try to two-time me!

Just treat me pretty, be nice and sweet!
I got a darn forty-four that don't repeat
Aggravatin' Papa, don't you try to two-time me!