RED BOOGIE BLUES



Jimmie was a maritime worker

He worked night and day

Workers at his

Side were unhappy,

Needed higher pay.



The bosses of the ships said "No --

You ain't a-gonna get more dough."

So Jimmy and Johnny and Maritime Mike,

Very calmly went out on a Maritime Strike



That began it

Man it began,--



"You're a Red," cried reporters and the filthy press

"You're a Red," cried the bosses who began the mess,

And Jimmy unen-lighten'd

Was so very, very frightened

That he ran like a snail with a whale on his tail



He got the red boogie,

The red red boogie,

The red boogie blues



When Jim pulled into Frisco harbor

He went ashore to see his barber

His hair was never cut (no, no)

'Cause the guy went off his nut (yes, yes)

When he spied the red on the barber pole

The Red,Red boogie man had taken his toll



The ship weighed anchor at Havana

The night was hot and so was Anna,

His passion knew no bounds

'Til her hat fell to the ground,

And he fainted away 'cause her hair was red,

The Red, Red boogie man was under his bed.

"You're a red," cried the radio -- F. D. R.

You're Red if you love the Russian Caviar,

Though facts and figures show it jumpin'

Jimmy didn't know it,

You're a red in the eyes of the guys with the dough,

They got the Red Boogie, the Red, Red Boogie,

The Red boogie blues.



Jimmy boy was patriotic

Till one day he got psychotic,

He had a crying jag while saluting our flag,

While he gazed in a daze at the red, red stripe,

The Red, Red boogie man had played on his pipe.

Came the dawn and Jim was shaving

Lather up and whiskers waving

The blood began to drip when Jimmy cut his lip

And he died when spied that his blood was red,

The Red, Red boogie man was one jerk ahead



You're a red if you wanna kill the K. K. K.

You're a red if you wanna see a better day

So don't start caring if they wave a red herring

'Cause if you think Franco stinks you're a red

An' if you hate all the finks you're a red

And if you criticize Truman 'cause he acts inhuman

You're a red, red, red, red.

You're not alone in the fight, don't you see?

You're in the right in the best company

So don't start caring if they wave a red herring

It's the Red boogie,the Red, Red boogie,

We're gonna kill that Boogie Man!



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