There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Time Tonight - Bessie Smith

Come along, get you ready Wear your bran', bran' new gown

For there’s gwine to be a meeting In that good, good old town

Where you knowded everybody And they all knowded you

And you’ve got a rabbit’s foot To keep away de hoo-doo.

When you hear that the preaching does begin

Bend down low for to drive away your sin

And when you gets religion, you want to shout and sing

There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight, My baby

CHORUS:

When you hear dem a bells go ding ling ling

All join 'round and sweetly you must sing

And when the verse am through in the chorus all join in There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight.

There’ll be girls for ev’ry body: In that good, good old town,

For there’s Miss Consola Davis And there’s Miss Gondolia Brown

And there’s Miss Johanna Beasly She am dressed all in red,

I just hugged her and I kissed her And to me then she said:

Please oh please, oh do not let me fall,

You’re all mine and I love you best of all,

And you must be my man, or I’ll have no man at all,

There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight, My baby