Honey Hush
Revel in Big Joe Turner's Rhythmic Rebuke
Lyrics
Ah, let 'em roll like a big wheel
Expressing excitement and urging to continue with energy and momentum.
In a Georgia cotton field
Setting the scene in a Southern cotton field in Georgia.
Honey, hush
An exclamation urging someone to be quiet or stop talking.
Now baby, come in this house, stop all that yackety yack
Asking someone to enter the house and stop talking excessively.
I say come in this house baby, stop all that yackety yack
Reiterating the request for someone to enter the house and cease excessive talking.
Come fix my supper, don't want no talkin' back
Instructing the person to prepare a meal without talking back.
Well, you keep on jabberin', you talk about this and that
Complaining about constant chatter and trivial discussions.
Well, you keep on jabberin', you talk about this and that
Continuing to express frustration with the person's talkativeness.
I got news for you baby, you ain't nothin' but an alley cat
Conveying a negative opinion, likening the person to a stray or untrustworthy character.
Turn off the waterworks, baby, they don't move me no more
Requesting an end to emotional displays or attempts to gain sympathy.
Turn off the waterworks, baby, they don't move me no more
Reiterating the request to stop emotional displays as they no longer have an effect.
When I leave this time, I ain't comin' back no more
Stating a determination to leave for good after this instance.
Honey hush
Repeating the exclamation "Honey hush" to emphasize the need for silence.
I say come in this house, stop all that yackety yack
Repeating the call for someone to enter the house and stop talking excessively.
Come in here woman, stop all that yackety yack
Emphasizing the request for the person to stop talking upon entering the house.
Don't make me nervous, 'cause I'm holdin' a baseball bat
Warning against making the speaker nervous, emphasizing the seriousness with a baseball bat reference.
Singin' hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Repeating a chant or refrain, possibly for rhythmic or stylistic effect without clear narrative meaning.
(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
-Sing hi-yo, hi-yo silver
-(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
-Sing hi-yo, hi-yo silver
-(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
-Sing hi-yo, hi-yo silver
-(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
-Sing hi-yo, hi-yo silver
-(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
-Sing, hi-yo silver away
Repeating the chant, concluding the song with a Western theme, "hi-yo silver away."
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