Men, Get Wise To Yourself (1932)

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Lonnie Johnson

Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer/guitarist and songwriter who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and is recognized as the first to play single-string guitar solos. Johnson was not only one of the few black blues musicians invited to be 'guest featured' on a number of jazz recording sessions, he was also one of the only classic 1920's blues artists to have a revived a high-charting career after WWII. more »

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Workin' men you better wake up, you've been 'sleep too long.
Workin' men you better wake up, you've been 'sleep too long.
Nothin' but these pimps and gigolos, that's goin' 'round breakin' up your home.

You go home sometime and there's no supper, your wife is even cross with you.
You go home sometime and find no supper, your wife is even cross with you.
It's just some no good rat showin' her the place, where she don't need a man like you.

I've got some friends, supposed to be every good man in town.
I've got some friends, supposed to be every good man in town.
Soon as my back is turned, they're tryin' to tear my playhouse down.

Now some of these married women 's so dumb, they don't even know the night from dawn.
Some of these married women 's so dumb, they don't even know the night from dawn.
But put them chasin' some other woman's man, they got more brains than anybody in town.

Now some of these married women 's so wild, their husbands they can't even understand.
Some of these married women 's so wild, their husbands can't even understand.
All they think about, is chasin' some other woman's man.

Now a good woman will say sometime, that every man is just the same.
A good woman will say sometime, that every man is just the same.
But men, when we look into it, these home wreckers is just to blame.

Sometime we give a social party, to make 'em happy as we can.
Sometime we give a social party, to make 'em happy as we can.
There will be some no good woman, to lead your wife to some no good man.

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