Devil's Gonna Get You

Devil's Gonna Get You
[Devil's Gonna Git You] von Porter Grainger

Porter Grainger war Komponist und Pianist ab 1916 bis in die 20er Jahre. Er begleitete die Three Jazz Songsters, die Jubilee Singers und 1928 Bessie Smith. Sowohl Geburts- als auch Sterbedaten sind unbekannt.
Nicht verwechseln mit dem Australier Percy Grainger (1882-1961), Komponist, Klaviervirtuose und Erfinder.
Aufnahmen unter eigenem Namen
Porter Grainger's Three Jazz Songsters (1926): Where Did You Get That Hat – It Makes No Diff'rence To Me – Ground Hog Blues.
Porter Grainger's Jubilee Singers (1926): Wish I Had-A Died In Egypt Land – I'm On The Right Road Now.

Gladys Bryant nahm 1923 seinen Laughin' Crying Blues auf; vergleiche Laughing to Keep from Crying.

Bessie Smith, New York, 24. August 1928; Bob Fuller und Ernest Elliot (cl); Porter Grainger (p)
It's a long, long lane that has no turning
And it's a fire that always keeps on burning
Mister devil down below
Pitchfork in his hand
And that's where you are going to go
Do you understand?
Devil's gonna git you
Devil's gonna git you
Oh, the devil's gonna git you
Man, just as sure as you's born

Devil's gonna git you,
Devil's gonna git you,
Oh, the devil's gonna git you,
The way you're carryin' on

You go away, stay for weeks
On your doggone spree
Come back home, get in my bed
And turn your back on me
Oh the devil's gonna git you
I mean the devil's gonna git you
Man the devil's gonna git you
Sure as you's born
Dirty two-timer, dirty two-timer,
Dirty two-timer, you ain't coming clean

Oh the devil's gonna git you
I mean the devil's gonna git you
Oh the devil's gonna git you
You know what I mean

I don't want no two-time stuff
From my regular man
Don't want nothing that's been used
'Cause it's second-hand
The devil's gonna git you
Oh the devil's gonna git you
Man the devil's gonna git you
Sure as you're born to die

spree, an unrestrained indulgence in or outburst of an activity "she or he went on a buying spree";
two-timer, to betray (a spouse or lover) by secret lovemaking with another.

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