Say! Boss Man
by Bo Diddley
From the album: Bo Diddley / I'm a Man
Track 8 of 12 on Bo Diddley / I'm a Man (1955).
Duration: 2:30
Lyrics for Say! Boss Man
Say Boss Man Trk 4 Disc 2 2: 33 (Ellas McDaniel) Bo Diddley - vocal & guitar, Willie Dixon - bass Clifton James or Frank Kirkland - drums Peggy Jones - bking vocal, Jerome Green - maracas, Lafayette Leake - piano, poss. Harvey Fuqua male vocal. Recorded Aug. 15, 1957, Originally Checker single #878 B0009231-02 Hipo Select (Geffen) 2007 A-huh-huh (a-um) A-huh-huh (a-um) I got nineteen kids at home gotta eat Eighteen of 'em need shoes on their feet Boss man can't you see? All nineteen kids I've gotta feed Ooh-oooh-ho-oh Ooh-hoooh-oh Early this mo'nin landlord knock on do's Don't pay the rent boy you gotta go Three days, three months in arrears Five days notice you move away from here (Piano & chorus) Worked all day any overtime Nineteen kids drive me outta my mind Ooh-hoho-oh-oh Ooh-hoho-ho-oh Place I used to work they went on a strike No use tryin' they'll never take me back A-huh-huh (a-um) (A-huh-huh) a-huh-huh, move (hey) (a-um) (hey) Never gonna move (hey) (a-um) (hey) (A-huh-huh) I gotta move (a-um) FADES- (A-huh-huh) uh-huh-huh.