Gimme a Pigfoot

by Nina Simone

From the album: Forbidden Fruit

Track 13 of 21 on Forbidden Fruit (1961).

Duration: 2:17

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Lyrics for Gimme a Pigfoot

Up in Harlem on a Saturday night When highbrows get together, it's just too tight We all gather at the Harlem strut And what we do is tut tut tut Ol' Hannah Brown, from way cross town Keeps drinking her liquor and she brings them down Just at the break of day You could hear old Hannah say I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer Send me daddy, 'cause I don't care I feel just like I wanna clown Give the piano player a drink 'Cause he brought me down He's got rhythm when he stomps his feet He just send me right off to sleep Check all your razors and your guns I'm gonna be arrested when the wagon comes I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer Send me 'cause I don't care (oh, no) Send me 'cause I don't care I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer Send me daddy, 'cause I don't care I feel just like I wanna clown Give the piano player a drink 'Cause he brought me down He's got rhythm when he stomps his feet He just send me right off to sleep Check all your razors check your guns I'm gonna be arrested when the wagon comes I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer Send me 'cause I don't care (oh, no) Send me 'cause I don't care

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