The song Aggravatin' Papa is performed by Bessie Smith in the album named The Essential Bessie Smith in the year 1997 .
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!
Bessie Smith - The Essential Bessie Smith
- Aggravatin' Papa
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
- Jail-House Blues
- Graveyard Dream Blues
- Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
- Boweavil Blues
- Weeping Willow Blues
- Dying Gambler's Blues
- Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
- Careless Love Blues
- I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle
- At The Christmas Ball
- Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
- Backwater Blues
- After You've Gone
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- Trombone Cholly
- Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- Dyin' By The Hour
- Me And My Gin
- Kitchen Man
- Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out
- On Revival Day (A Rythmic Spiritual)
- Moan, You Moaners
- Shipwreck Blues
- Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
- Gimmie A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer
- Take Me For A Buggy Ride
- Down In The Dumps