Bobo Bojangles - My Lady Is More Irritable Than My Bowels (rare 1960’s soul vinyl)

From his "No Bebop, All Scat" era, "My Lady Is More Irritable Than My Bowels" was Bobo Bojangles' least successful single.


Lyrics:

Goin' down to the bingo hall tonight
Gonna take my darlin' out, everything's feelin' right
But she's givin' me the cold shoulder, won't give in
Says she remembers the last time, and the trouble I was in

My lady is more irritable than my bowels
She says I shouldn't take her to that bingo hall
But I promise we'll be fine, I'll hold it all in tight
My lady is more irritable than my bowels tonight

After that last beef dinner, I paid the piper
Swear it was a one-time thing, don't need no diaper
We'll dance without a care, and tonight will be magic
But she just shakes her head, and says "more like tragic"

My lady is more irritable than my bowels
She says I shouldn't take her to that bingo hall
But I promise I'll be fine, I'll hold it all in tight
My lady is more irritable than my bowels tonight

I'll bring some Tums, and buy ginger ale
I'll sit in the back, and my sphincter will not fail
If only she would come, and try not to worry 'bout my butt
I'll be a gentleman, and I'll hold it shut

She finally agrees, and we head out the door
Feelin' like a king, my lady by my side once more.
Dancin' and swingin' my lovely lady has no doubt,
unfortunately my ass is turnin' inside out.

Oh no, it's happenin' again, oh what a shame
"Your reservations, they were right!" I exclaim.
I shit my pants, and now I'm in pain
My lady is less irritable than my bowels, and I'm to blame

She says "baby, now I know that you learn slow"
I double over again, my colon 'bout to blow.
"You shoulda known, after all them times before"
But I just stand there, with my soiled pants, my anus sore

Now we're shufflin' out, with our heads hung low
My lady's got that look: "I told you so"
All I know is that my lady's blue and
my relationship, like my pants, is ruined!