Jazz

1. Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now
2. Face To Face That I Shall Meet Him
3. The Pearls/Tia Juana
4. The Dream
5. Happy Meeeting In Glory
6. In A Mist
7. Flashes
8. Davenport Blues
9. Shine
10. Nobody
11. We Shall Be Happy

BIG BAD BILL IS SWEET WILLIAM NOW

In the town of Louisville they got a man they call Big Bad Bill
I wants to tell ya, he shure was tough tough, and he certainly did strutt his stuff
He had folks all scared to death, when he walked by they all held their breath
He was a fighting man, sure enough

Now Bill got himself a wife, and he leads a different life

(G) Big Bad Bill is (D) Sweet William (G)now (A+ - D)
(G) Married life done changed him some (D) how
He's the (C) man the town used to fear
Now they all (E) call him sweet pappa (A) Willie dear
Stronger than Samson I declare
'Til the brown skinned woman
Bobbed his hair

Big Bad Bill dont fight any more (No, he don't)
Doing the dishes/Mopping up that floor (Yes, he is)
Well he used to go out drinking/Looking for a fight
Now he gotta see that woman/Everynight
Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now

Ah/Play it boys/I likes that jazz

Big Bad Bill don't fight any more (No, he don't)
Doing the dishes/Mopping up that floor (Yes, he is)
Well he used to go out drinking/Looking for a fight
Now he gotta see that woman/Everynight
Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now (Doing the dishes)
Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now (Mop up the floor)
Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now

FLASHES

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SHINE (That's Why They Call Me Shine)
(Cecil Mack, Lew Brown)

When I was born they christened me plain Samuel Johnson Brown.
But I hadn't grown so very big, 'fore some folks in this town
Had changed it 'round to "Sambo"; I was "Rastus" to a few.
Then "Chocolate Drop" was added by some others that I knew.
And then to cap the climax, I was strolling down the line
When someone shouted, "Fellas, hey! Come on and pipe the shine!"
But I don't care a bit. Here's how I figure it:

Well, just because my hair is curly,
And just because my teeth are pearly;
Just because I always wear a smile,
Likes to dress up in the latest style.
Just because I'm glad I'm livin',
Takes trouble smilin', never whine.
Just because my color's shady,
slightly different maybe that's why they call me shine.

Say, just because my hair is curly,
And just because my teeth are pearly;
And just because I always wear a smile,
Wear my jeans like a man I mean (he always dresses in the latest style).
Just because I'm glad I'm livin',
Takes trouble smilin', never whine.
Just because my color's shady,
slightly different maybe that's why they call me shine.

Nobody
(Bert Williams)

Nobody knows the trouble I see
Nobody knows but me

When life seems full of clouds and rain
I am filled with naught but pain
Who soothes my thumpin' bumpin brain?
Nobody

And When winter comes with snow and sleet
And me with hunger and cold feet
Who says, "Here's a quarter, boy now you go and eat"?
Nobody

I ain't never done nothin'
to nobody
And I ain't never got nothin'
from nobody
no time
And until I get somethin'
from somebody sometime,
well, I don't intend to do nothin'
for nobody
no time

Then summer comes all cool and clear
And my good friends they see me drawin' near
Who says, "Come on in here, man, have a beer"?
No-body

Last christmas eve it was about daybreak
I was in that railroad wreck
And who was it hauled the engine off my neck
Not a livin' soul

I ain't ever done nothin'
to no-body
And I ain't never got nothin'
from no-body no time
Until I get me somethin'
from somebody sometime
Well I been thinkin' it out
And beond a doubt
I ain't gonna do nothin'
for nobody no time

I don't intend to do nothin'
for nobody
Nobody no time, no time
Nobody no time 

Well I don't intend
To do nothin'
for nobody no time