Lyrics and translation Louis Jordan - Friendship
Ain't
that
Zeke
sittin'
over
there?
(Yeah,
that's
him)
Ce
n'est
pas
Zeke
qui
est
assis
là-bas ?
(Oui,
c'est
lui)
Zeke,
you
dirty
so
and
so,
I
wanna
talk
to
you,
Zeke.
Zeke,
tu
es
un
sale
type,
je
veux
te
parler,
Zeke.
You
ain't
no
good,
and
I
ain't
no
refrigerator.
Tu
n'es
bon
à
rien
et
je
ne
suis
pas
un
réfrigérateur.
I
can't
keep
nothin'.
Pay
attention
to
me.
Je
ne
peux
rien
garder.
Fais
attention
à
moi.
Now
listen,
old
man,
you
and
me
been
friends
for
a
long
time,
Écoute,
mon
vieux,
nous
sommes
amis
depuis
longtemps,
And
up
'til
now
we've
been
gettin'
along
just
fine.
But
there's
a
few
Et
jusqu'à
présent,
tout
allait
bien.
Mais
il
y
a
quelques
Little
things
I
gotta
pull
your
coat
about.
You
pay
attention
to
me
Petites
choses
dont
je
dois
te
parler.
Fais
attention
à
moi
And
we
ain't
gonna
fall
out.
Et
on
ne
va
pas
se
fâcher.
I
work
nights
and
I
think
you've
been
very
kind
comin'
over
and
Je
travaille
la
nuit
et
je
pense
que
tu
as
été
très
gentil
de
venir
et
Stayin'
with
my
wife
all
the
time.
But
must
you
use
my
razor
blades?
De
rester
avec
ma
femme
tout
le
temps.
Mais
est-ce
que
tu
dois
utiliser
mes
lames
de
rasoir ?
Buy
some,
they're
only
a
dime.
You
call
that
friendship?
Achète-en,
elles
ne
coûtent
qu'une
dime.
Tu
appelles
ça
de
l'amitié ?
And
stop
doin'
them
little
dirty
tricks
like
jammin'
the
chair
up
Et
arrête
de
faire
ces
petites
bêtises
comme
coincer
la
chaise
Against
the
door.
You
kept
me
out
last
night
until
half
past
four.
Contre
la
porte.
Tu
m'as
empêché
de
rentrer
hier
soir
jusqu'à
quatre
heures
du
matin.
I
know
you
didn't
mean
any
harm,
but
that's
enough
to
make
anybody
sore.
Je
sais
que
tu
ne
voulais
pas
faire
de
mal,
mais
c'est
assez
pour
rendre
n'importe
qui
amer.
You
call
that
friendship?
Tu
appelles
ça
de
l'amitié ?
What
about
that
night
you
came
and
took
my
wife
to
the
show?
I
asked
her
Qu'en
est-il
de
cette
nuit
où
tu
es
venu
et
as
emmené
ma
femme
au
cinéma ?
Je
lui
ai
demandé
What
movie
she
saw
and
she
said
she
didn't
know.
I
told
her
she
couldn't
see
so
good,
Quel
film
elle
avait
vu
et
elle
a
dit
qu'elle
ne
savait
pas.
Je
lui
ai
dit
qu'elle
ne
voyait
pas
bien,
So
don't
sit
back
that
far
no
more.
(You
ain't
no
good).
That's
right,
Zeke,
Alors
ne
te
mets
plus
si
loin.
(Tu
n'es
pas
bon).
C'est
vrai,
Zeke,
You
ain't
no
good.
Tu
n'es
pas
bon
à
rien.
Now
I
don't
get
mad
like
the
average
cat
would
do,
when
she
buys
me
a
shirt
Maintenant,
je
ne
me
fâche
pas
comme
le
chat
moyen
le
ferait,
quand
elle
m'achète
une
chemise
And
she
buys
you
two.
But
when
she
feeds
you
chicken
and
steak,
and
give
me
Irish
stew,
Et
elle
t'en
achète
deux.
Mais
quand
elle
te
nourrit
de
poulet
et
de
steak,
et
qu'elle
me
donne
du
ragoût
irlandais,
You're
a
lizard
in
the
bushes,
that's
what
you
are,
that's
what
you
are.
Tu
es
un
lézard
dans
les
buissons,
c'est
ce
que
tu
es,
c'est
ce
que
tu
es.
And
you
stop
feedin'
her
that
candy
and
sweet
stuff
to
eat.
That
jive
is
makin'
Et
arrête
de
lui
donner
toutes
ces
bonbons
et
ces
sucreries.
Ce
truc
lui
fait
Her
talk
in
her
sleep.
She
kept
me
awake
all
last
night
mumblin'
your
name
Parler
dans
son
sommeil.
Elle
m'a
tenu
éveillé
toute
la
nuit
en
marmonnant
ton
nom
And
sayin'
"sure
is
sweet".
Et
en
disant
"c'est
tellement
doux".
You
ain't
no
friend
of
mine,
Zeke.
No
friend
of
mine.
But
I
will
tell
you,
Zeke,
Tu
n'es
pas
mon
ami,
Zeke.
Pas
mon
ami.
Mais
je
vais
te
dire,
Zeke,
I'm
real
happy.
I'm
happy
as
can
be
about
that
big
insurance
policy
you
and
my
wife
took
Je
suis
vraiment
heureux.
Je
suis
heureux
comme
un
poisson
dans
l'eau
de
cette
grosse
police
d'assurance
que
tu
as
souscrite
avec
ma
femme
Out
on
me.
But
what's
all
that
arsenic
doin'
round
the
house?
That's
what
I
can't
see.
Zeke,
Sur
moi.
Mais
qu'est-ce
que
tout
cet
arsenic
fait
dans
la
maison ?
C'est
ce
que
je
ne
comprends
pas.
Zeke,
You
tryin'
to
poison
something?
That's
what
you
don',
you
tryin'
to
poison
somethin'.
Tu
essaies
d'empoisonner
quelque
chose ?
C'est
ce
que
tu
fais,
tu
essaies
d'empoisonner
quelque
chose.
And
what
about
that
night
I
came
home
and
caught
that
lipstick
on
your
face.
Et
qu'en
est-il
de
cette
nuit
où
je
suis
rentré
à
la
maison
et
j'ai
trouvé
ce
rouge
à
lèvres
sur
ton
visage.
Yo
and
my
wife
broke
up
the
fun
and
your
wrastlin'
all
over
the
place.
And
you
told
me
Toi
et
ma
femme
vous
êtes
amusés
et
vous
avez
lutté
partout.
Et
tu
m'as
dit
You's
playin'
Cowboy
and
Indian
and
you
was
Chief
Rain
In
the
Face.
You
don't
look
like
Que
tu
jouais
au
cow-boy
et
à
l'Indien
et
que
tu
étais
Chef
Pluie
Au
Visage.
Tu
ne
ressembles
pas
No
Indian
to
me,
but
I'm
gonna
scalp
ya.
That's
what's
gonna
happen.
I'm
gonna
scalp
ya.
À
un
Indien
pour
moi,
mais
je
vais
te
scalper.
C'est
ce
qui
va
arriver.
Je
vais
te
scalper.
And
even
when
we
went
on
our
honeymoon,
the
bell
boy
told
me
you
rented
the
very
next
room.
Et
même
quand
on
est
parti
en
lune
de
miel,
le
portier
m'a
dit
que
tu
avais
loué
la
chambre
juste
à
côté.
I
know
you
my
friend,
but
I
didn't
wanna
see
you
that
soon.
Don't
you
never
speak
to
me
no
more,
Je
sais
que
tu
es
mon
ami,
mais
je
ne
voulais
pas
te
voir
si
tôt.
Ne
me
parle
plus
jamais,
Zeke.
do
you
call
that
friendship?
(No!
No!)
You
ain't
no
friend
of
mine.
Zeke.
Tu
appelles
ça
de
l'amitié ?
(Non !
Non !)
Tu
n'es
pas
mon
ami.
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Writer(s): Claude De Metruis, Louis Jordan
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2
Doug the Jitterbug
3
Swinging In A Coconut Tree
4
Lovie Joe
5
You're My Meat
6
You Ain't Nowhere
7
You Run Your Mouth and I Run My Business
8
But I'll Be Back
9
Hard Lovin' Blues
10
Jake, What A Snake
11
At the Swing Cat's Ball
12
You Got to Go When the Wagon Comes
13
I'm Alabama Bound
14
Honeysuckle Rose
15
Flat Face
16
Keep A-knockin' (But You Can't Come In)
17
Three Handed Woman
18
Hog Wash
19
That'll Just Bout Knock Me Out
20
I Want a Roof over My Head
21
Saint Vitus Dance
22
Every Man To His Own Profession
23
Daddy-o
24
What's the Use of Getting Sober
25
Five Guys Named Moe
26
Ain't That Just Like a Woman
27
You Can't Get That No More
28
The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall
29
Buzz Me
30
Jordan For President
31
May Every Day Be Christmas
32
It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
33
I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down
34
Bounce the Ball
35
Oh Boy, I'm In the Groove
36
Knock Me a Kiss
37
Have You Got the Gumption?
38
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
39
June Tenth Jambouree
40
Time Marches On
41
All For The Love Of Lil
42
I Gotta Move
43
House Party
44
Happy Birthday Boogie
45
(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You, Rascal You [& Louis Armstrong]
46
Life Is So Peculiar (& Louis Armstrong)
47
Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
48
Wake Up Jacob
49
Is My Pop in There?
50
Locked Up
51
I’ll Never Be Free
52
Deacon Jones
53
There Must Be a Way
54
Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On
55
You're Much Too Fat (And That's That)
56
Lollypop
57
Small Town Boy
58
Look Out
59
Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
60
Psycho-Loco (Instrumental)
61
Waitin' for the Robert E Lee
62
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
63
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
64
Penthouse In the Basement
65
Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own
66
Pompton Turnpike
67
Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder
68
Barnacle Bill The Sailor
69
If It's Love You Want Baby That's Me
70
Stone Cold Dead In The Market
71
Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)
72
I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
73
Beware
74
I Like Em Fat Like That
75
Fore Day Blues
76
Heed My Warning
77
Brotherly Love
78
De Laff's On You
79
Beans and Corn Bread
80
You Broke Your Promise
81
Lemonade
82
We Can't Agree
83
Sure Had a Wonderful Time
84
Just Like a Butterfly (That’'s Caught In the Rain)
85
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (Instrumental)
86
How Blue Can You Get?
87
I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
88
Work Baby Work
89
I Want You to Be My Baby
90
Mop-Mop
91
Safe, Sane and Single
92
Never Trust a Woman
93
Saxa-woogie
94
Do You Call That a Buddy (Dirty Cat)
95
If You So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich
96
Run Joe
97
Pan Pan
98
Reet Petite and Gone
99
All of Me (& Valli Ford)
100
Teardrops From My Eyes
101
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
102
Salt Pork West Virginia
103
The Green Grass Grows All Around
104
Blue Light Boogie, Part 1 & 2
105
Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
106
Baby’s Gonna Go, Bye Bye
107
Don't Burn the Candle At Both Ends
108
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
109
You Didn't Want Me Baby
110
Only Yesterday
111
T-Bone Blues
112
G. I. Jive
113
Everything That's Made of Wood
114
Early In The Morning
115
Inflation Blues
116
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
117
There Goes My Heart
118
Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)
119
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
120
Roamin' Blues
121
That Chick's Too Young to Fry
122
Oil Well, Texas
123
Perdido (Instrumental)
124
Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
125
After School Swinging Session (Swinging With Symphony Sid)
126
Texas And Pacific
127
If It's True
128
A Man's Best Friend Is a Bed
129
You Know It Too
130
Petootie Pie
131
My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie) [& Bing Crosby]
132
Let The Good Times Roll
133
Junco Partner
134
Open the Door, Richard
135
Hungry Man
136
So Good
137
Lay Something On The Bar (Besides Your Elbow)
138
Trouble, Then Satisfaction
139
Slow Down
140
I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
141
Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man
142
Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door
143
It’s a Great Great Pleasure
144
Jack You're Dead
145
Boogie Woogie Came to Town
146
You Will Always Have a Friend
147
No Sale
148
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
149
John, Stop Teasing Me
150
Why'd You Do It, Baby?
151
Fat Sam From Birmingham
152
Come and Get It (Instrumental)
153
Caldonia Boogie
154
Tamburitza Boogie
155
Ration Blues
156
Trust in Me
157
(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
158
School Days
159
The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)
160
Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)
161
The Soon-A-Baby
162
Louisville Lodge Meeting
163
Bone Dry
164
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
165
Barnyard Boogie
166
Please Don't Leave Me
167
Saturday Night Fish Fry, Part 1 & 2
168
It's Better to Wait for Love
169
Weak Minded Blues
170
Toodle-loo On Down
171
Cole Slaw
172
How 'bout That
173
Don’t Cry, Cry Baby
174
Reconversion Blues
175
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby
176
I Know What I've Got, Don't Know What I'm Getting
177
How Long Must I Wait For You
178
Onion (Instrumental)
179
Friendship
180
It’s so Easy
181
Pettin' an Pokin'
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