FOUR OR FIVE TIMES
(Byron Gay / Marco H. Hellman)
King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators (vocals: Andy Pendleton & Willie Jackson) - 1928
McKinney's Cotton Pickers (vocals: Don Redman, George Thomas & Dave Wilborn) - 1928
Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orch. - 1928
Ben Pollack & The Whoopee Makers - 1929
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orch. - 1935
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - 1935
Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers - 1937
Lionel Hampton & His Orch. - 1939
Spanier-Bechet Big Four (Instr.) - 1940
Harry James & His Orch. - 1940
Lucky Millinder & His Orch. (vocal: Sister Rosetta Tharpe) - 1941
Woody Herman & His Orch. - 1943
Jack Leonard - 1945
Benny Goodman Sextet - 1952
Billy Butterfield & His Orch. - 1957
Peggy Lee - 1958
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - 1972
Peter Dean & Carly Simon - 1974
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - 2001
Also recorded by:
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies; Kid Ory; Mezz Mezzrow;
Rex Stewart; Stan Kenton & His Orch; Count Basie & His Orch;
Allan Vaché Big Four; Monarch Jazz Quartet ..... and others.
As recorded by: McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS:
(Scat singing)
I'm never a flop
(Scat singing)
I started on top
(Scat singing)
Just keep strollin'
Keep the ball a-rolling
(Scat singing)
This isn't a boast
(Scat singing)
But what I like most
(Scat singing)
Is to have someone who is true
Who will love me too
Four or five times
Four or five times
There is delight
To doing things right
Four or five times
(Four or five times)
Maybe I'll sigh
Maybe I'll cry
And if I die
I'm gonna try
Four or five times
(Six or seven times)
We like to play
We like to sing
We like to go
Ski-daddle-dat doh
Four or five times
(Four or five times)
Be-bop one
Be-bop two
Be-bop three
Ski-daddle-da-dee
Four or five times
(Four or five times)
(Scat singing)
Wow!
(Scat singing)
Yes!
Sure!
Okay!
(Scat singing)
What?
Yeah!
Four or five times
Four or five times
There is delight
To doing things right
Four or five times
(Four or five times)
++++++++++
As recorded by SISTER ROSETTA THARPE:
Four or five times
Four or five times
It's my delight
Doing things right
Four or five times
Now, maybe I'll sigh
And maybe I'll cry
But if I die
I'm gonna try to do it
Four or five times
I said four or five times
(Four or five times)
Ah, four or five times
(Four or five times)
Now he's my king
He makes me sing
Four or five times
(Yes indeed)
I confess
(I confess)
He is the best
(He is the best)
That's the test
That kills that myth
Four or five times
(Instrumental Break)
(Four or five times)
Four or five times
(Four or five times)
Oh, four or five times
You find a guy
That sets the world on fire
Four or five times
(Now you're talkin', Sister)
Now maybe I'm wrong
(Maybe I'm wrong)
Then maybe I'm right
(Maybe I'm right)
But right or wrong
I'm gonna swing this song
Four or five
(Instrumental Break)
I said four or five times
Oh, four or five times
It's my delight
Doing things right
Four or five times
Now maybe I'll sigh
Then maybe I'll cry
But if I die
I'm gonna try to do it
Four or five times
(Instrumental Break)
One, two, three, four
Ah, four or five times
++++++++++
As recorded by PETER DEAN & CARLY SIMON:
PETER: Maybe I'll sigh
CARLY: Maybe I'll cry
PETER:
But even if I die
We'll go on swingin'
Four or five times
PETER:
Four or five times
Four or five times
BOTH:
There is delight
In doing things right
Four or five times
PETER: We like to play
CARLY: We like to play
PETER: We like to sing
CARLY: We like to sing
BOTH:
We like to do
Fa-diddle-ee-doo
Four or five times
PETER: Be-bop for one
BOTH:
Be-bop for two
Be-bop for three
Fa-diddle-ee-dee
Four or five times
BOTH: (Scat singing)
CARLY: Oh yeah
PETER: Sure
CARLY: Okay
PETER: Delighted
CARLY: What?
BOTH:
Four or five times
Hey, four or five times
There is delight
In doing things right
Four or five times
(Instrumental Break)
CARLY: Yeah
PETER: Sure
CARLY: Okay
PETER: Delighted
CARLY: What?
BOTH:
Four or five times
Hey, four or five times
There is delight
In doing things right
Four or five times
PETER: One, two, three, four
BOTH: Oh, four or five times
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2011)
