[ti:Gimme That Wine]
[ar:Lambert, Hendricks & Ross]
[al:The Jazz Collection]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]Gimme That Wine - Lambert/Hendricks/Bavan
[00:04.78]My wife got tired a' me runnin 'round
[00:06.81]So she tried to keep me home
[00:08.76]Well she broke my nose and hid my clothes
[00:11.14]But I continued to roam
[00:13.04]Then she finally hit my weak spot
[00:15.41]Threatened to throw my bottle out
[00:17.43]Well from the basement to the rooftop
[00:19.91]Everybody could hear me shout
[00:22.09]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[00:24.29]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[00:26.69]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[00:29.18]'Cause I can't cut loose without my juice
[00:32.25]Gotta have hot lucy when I go walking y'know
[00:36.12]Well one day while crossing the avenue
[00:38.55]A big car knocked me down
[00:40.41]While I was stretched out tyin' up traffic
[00:42.44]And crowds came from blocks around
[00:44.81]Now the police were searching my pockets
[00:46.96]Before they sent me to the
[00:48.05]Funeral parlor
[00:49.29]But when one o' those cops took my bottle
[00:50.95]Jack I jumped straight up
[00:52.39]And commenced to hollar
[00:53.56]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[00:55.67]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[00:58.09]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[01:00.64]'Cause I can't get well without muskatel
[01:03.71]I only drink for medicinal purposes anyway
[01:07.54]Well now one real dark and dreary night as
[01:09.97]I was staggerin' home t' bed
[01:12.01]Well a bandit jumped from the shadows
[01:14.23]And put a blackjack 'side my head
[01:15.84]That cat took my watch my ring my money
[01:18.88]And I didn't make a sound
[01:20.75]But when he reached 'n got my bottle
[01:22.99]You could hear me for blocks around
[01:25.20]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[01:27.36]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[01:29.80]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[01:32.30]Beat m' head outta shape but leave my grape
[01:35.38]Watch ring and money ain't nothing
[01:36.64]But don mess with my wine jim
[01:39.10]Well one day my house caught fire while
[01:41.56]I was layin' down sleeping off a nap
[01:43.43]An' when I woke up everything was burning
[01:45.86]With a pop an' a crackle an' a snap
[01:47.93]Now the fireman chopped up my tv set
[01:50.26]And tore my apartment apart
[01:52.20]But when he raised his axe to my bottle
[01:54.48]I screamed with all my heart
[01:56.61]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[01:58.78]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[02:01.11]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[02:03.65]So I can drink one toast before I roast
[02:06.35]No sense goin' out half baked
[02:07.92]Might as well be alll tore up
[02:10.45]You can take all those hollywood glamor girls lana turner
[02:13.89]Rita hayworth
[02:14.69]Bridget bardot n' lucille ball
[02:16.80]And all them chicks 'n line 'em upside the wall
[02:19.54]Put a gigantic jug beside 'em n' tell me to take my choice
[02:23.71]Well there'd be no doubt which one I chose
[02:26.22]The minute I raised my voice
[02:27.91]Gimme that wine unhand that bottle
[02:31.22]Unhand that bottle
[02:33.45]Unhand that bottle
[02:35.19]Well those chicks look fine
[02:36.47]But I love my wine
[02:37.74]Now some folks like money some like to dance and dine
[02:42.55]But I'll be happy if you give me that wine
[02:48.75]Gimme that wine
[02:50.27]Unhand that bottle