Short John

Short John - Dinah Washington

Short John is my doctor and he sho' is good to me

Yes I'm puttin' on John down

Short John's my man and he sho' is good to me

When I treat him right

I get the whole treatment for free

He examines me carefully takes care of my ills

Yes he examines me carefully

And he takes care of my ills

Well he checks me all over

Hen he gives me the right size pills

He said "lay down stretch out

And please don't look so sad"

Yes I laid down I stretched out

And I stopped looking so sad

Cause the medicine he gave me was enough to

Drive most women stark ravin' mad

Now the other doctors checked me out

Cause they found nothing wrong

When Short John looked me over

I've got other ails that never shown

I cried "Doctor " I keep singing

"Doctor I need a treatment right away

For you treat me so good

I could stand these treatments every day"

I was so tired and sick I could hardly talk

He gave me my right size pill

I jumped up and started to walk and wail

"Doctor ooh doctor another treatment right away

Yes you'll treat me so good

I could stand those treatments every day"

Oo-oo-oo-ooh yeah