Oh, now lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy,
Girl, you sure look good to me.
Well, please don't excite me, baby,
Though it can't be me.

Because I give you all o' my money,
Girl, but you just won't treat me right.
You like to ball5 in the mornin',
Don't come back till at night.

I'm gonna tell, tell my mama,
Lawd, I swear to God, what you been doin' to me.
I'm gonna tell everybody that,
I'm down in misery.

Instrumental break.

Well, now lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, Miss Clawdy,
Lawd, I swear to God you look good to me.
You just wheelin' an' rockin', baby,
Just as fine as you can be.

Well, so bye, bye, bye, baby,
Girl, I won't be trouble no more.
Goodbye, Clawdy, oh darlin',
Down the road I'll go.

LAWDY MISS CLAWDY1
Written by: Lloyd Price-1952
Performed by: Lloyd Price2-19523
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/FpQuAppears on: Lawdy Miss Clawdy (45 RPM)-1952, Lloyd Price: His Originals-1959,
Mr. Personality-1959 & 2008, Mr. Personality's Big 15-1960, Personality-1972,
Mr. Personality Revisited-1983, Lawdy!-1991, Lloyd Price Sings His Big 10-1994,
Great-1998, 20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lloyd
Price (1957-1960)-2002, Stagger Lee-2003, 16 Greatest Hits-20064, et al.

1A slang pronunciation for lordy.

2Price had great success with the 1957 version of the song, but he recut it
at a faster tempo for a 1959 album in the wake of his smash hit, "Stagger
Lee." Covers include: B-Side Band, Rod Bernard, James Booker, Bobby Brown &
the Curios, Eric Burden, The Buckinhams, Joe Cocker, Commander Cody & His
Lost Planet Airmen, Johnny Devlin, Fats Domino (See 2 below), "Tennessee"
Ernie Ford, Mickey Gilley, Bill Haley & the Comets, Ronnie Hawkins, Jimi
Hendrix, Bugs Henderson & the Shuffle Kings, The Hollies, Little Richard,
Ronnie McDowell, Paul McCartney, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Duffy Power,
Elvis Presley, Johnny Rivers, Travis Tritt, The Weepers, Larry Williams, Link
Wray, Steve Young, et al.

3"Lawdy Miss Clawdy" had a groundbreaking, eight-bar blues beat aimed
straight at the teen market (Price was then one himself). His heartbroken
vocals were punctuated by a stellar piano rendition supplied by a
moonlighting Fats Domino. The rest of the crew was assembled by producer &
trumpeter, Dave Bartholomew, and included tenor saxman, Herb Hardesty and
drummer, Earl Palmer.

4Transcribed from the track on this album.

5Ball, as it is used here, is slang for 'having a ball,' or having a good
time.