STEP IT UP AND GO
(Blind Boy Fuller, 1940)
VARIOUS ARTISTS

NOTE: "Step It Up And Go" was a hit for Blind Boy Fuller in 1940, itself derived from "Bottle It Up And Go" which Charlie Burse wrote for the Picanniny Jug Band in 1932. Many artists recorded the song after that, and all versions are different. It seems as if every artist who performed the song, made up his own lyrics or added a verse or two. Some of the artists who recorded the song were: Tommy McClennan, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Big Jeff and the Radio Playboys, Carl Story, Harmonica Frank Floyd, Maddox Brothers & Rose, Mac Wiseman, Bob Dylan.

Got a little girl, little and low
She used to love me but she don't no more
She gotta step it up and go-yeah, go
Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go

Got a little girl, she stays upstairs
Make a livin' by puttin' on airs
Gotta step it up and go-yeah, man
Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go

Front door shut, back door too
Blinds pulled down, what' cha gonna do?
Gotta step it up and go-yeah, go
Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go

Got a little girl, her name is Ball
Give a little bit, she took it all
I said step it up and go-yeah, man
Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go

Me an' my baby walkin' down the street
Tellin' everybody 'bout the chief of police
Gotta step it up and go-yeah, go
Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go

Tell my woman I'll see her at home
Ain't no lovin' since she been gone
Gotta step it up and go-yeah, go
Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go

Well, I'll sing this verse, ain't gonna sing no more
Hear my gal call me and I got to go
Step it up and go-yeah, man
Can't stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go