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Lil Augie Is A Natural Man
Name: Richard Bame
Email: <robame@att.net
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Location: Anaheim hills, CA USA
Time: Monday, July 31, 19100 at 13:15:23
Comments:
I think Johnnie wrote a song called "little Augie" can anyone confirm this and tell me where I can find the lirics to "Little Augie (he was natural man)"
from the Broadway Show "St. Louis Woman"
Words by Johnny Mercer... Music By Harold Arlen
For Educational and Research Use
Opening Act I
The call me Badfoot 'cause I'm an ol' stable buck, They call me Badfoot
But i'm ridin' my luck, Yes, I'm ridin' my luck!
Though I never had a education I'm 'so-ci-at-ed with a winnin combination!
Come on, you rounders, and hear my song: I was no body ;till I met Li'l Augie,
he was nobody till he met ol' me!
I wanna tell you 'bout L'il Augie, He's a jockey that's knee-high to a
grasshopper, but when he rides hes as big as all out-doors.
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Since I was a li'l boy I been 'round the track's Seen a lot o' jockeys
Fast as mountain jacks, But I know (Hum) What I know (Hum) Hee-oo-ee Li'l
Agie is a natural man- He don't need a bridle He don't use his hand Li'l
Augie talks a Language Hos-ses understand An' its true (hum) that he do,
(hum) Hee-oo-ee Li'l Augie is a natural man. I've seen plenty o'
back-stretch ramblers But. I'll tell you for fair- Augie sets on a hos-ses
neck like most folks sets on a chair Thought he's got a big heart you can
get u bet He don't wiegh a hundred Even soapin wet. He is short As his
name-Just the same- Augie is the biggest little man A steal o' light-nin' A
streak o' light-nin' That's what that Luck-y little jockey from the South is
If you deny it or ar-gu-fy it Than you can for an' put your money where your
mouth is. Cause he win so many races, most people think he's witchy, or
haunted by spirits. Just so you gets the straight of it, I'm goin' tell you
'bout that too... County fairs and small towns wasn't big enought to hold
L'il Augie, anuways, he was lookin for he didn;t know what. Maybe I oughta
tell you a little somethin' 'bout what he's doin' now. I never will forget
the time--- Pack-in' up a suitcase Augie said to me, "Goin" to St.
Louis See who we can see, he was right- O Hum
What a sight (Hum) Hee-oo-ee L'il Augie is a gettin round man- gals is
might stylish Mens is mighty bold Polish on their fingers, Pockets full o'
gold millionaires- (Hum) Ev'y wheres Hum, Hee-oo-ee Li'l Augie is a sociable
man-My Boy's got him a string o winners got them other boys hexed, Got his
eye on a brown skin gal, And Lord knows what happens next. Augie's on the
race track Ridin Like the wind Bad Foots in the stable Singin Augie in' Roll
along- Roll Along-That's my song. Augie is the biggest little man.
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Augie tol' the stork what brought him through the air "Bet a
half a dollar I can beat you there" and he did. (Hum) Yes he did (Hum)
Hee-oo-ee Li'l Augie is a travelin man- daddy looked at Augie dyin in the
bed Augie looked at Daddy This is what he said "What a race (hum) Did I
place (hum) hee-oo-ee He spoke up like a natural man I ain't steppin'
to study How come All this hap=pen to be, 'Pears I'm lucks to L'il Augie An'
he's lucky to me May-be 'cause his mammy borned him with a veil May-be
'cause I totes a lucky cotton tail, maybe yes, maybe no, But it's so, Auggie
is the biggest little
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