Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
(BILLY AUSTIN - LOUIS JORDAN)

original version:
  LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE
DECCA 8659
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
(Austin - Jordan)
1944, USA, 10" 78rpm (more info
   
   
   

 

live versions by Doug Sahm:
1998-07-11 AMOS GARRETT & DOUG SAHM - Canada - Vancouver Island - Vancouver Island MusicFest 98

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)

I got a gal who's always late
Anytime we have a date
But I love her, yes I love her

Mmm, he's gonna walk up to my gate
And see if he can get it straight
Cause he wants her, he's gonna ask her

Is you is or is you ain't my baby
The way you're actin' lately makes me doubt
You's is still my baby, baby
Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out

A woman is a creature that has always been strange
Just when you're sure of one, you find she's gone and made a change

Is you is or is you ain't my baby
Maybe baby's found somebody new
Or is my baby still my baby true

Is you or is you ain't my baby, baby
Baby boy, the way you're actin' lately makes me doubt
See here, who's been cuttin' me
You's is still my baby, baby
Baby boy, it seems my flame in your heart's done gone out
Oh, blackout

A woman is a creature that has always been strange
Just when you're sure of one, you find she's gone and made a change
And took my change

Is you is or is you ain't my baby
Maybe baby's found somebody new
Maybe baby's found somebody
Is my baby still my baby true