Aggravatin Papa
by Britt / Robinson / 
Roy Turk 
recording of February, 1923 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy C2K-47091) 
I know a triflin' 
man, they call him Triflin' Sam 
He lives in Birmingham, way down in Alabam' 
Then the other night he had a fight, 
with a gal named Mandy Brown 
She plainly stated he was aggravating, 
as she shouted out to him 
Aggravatin' papa, don't you try to two-time me 
I said don't two-time me 
Aggravatin' papa, treat me kind or let me be, 
I mean just let me be 
Listen while I get you told 
Stop messin' round sweet 
jelly roll 
If you stay out with a high-brown baby 
I'll smack you down and I don't mean maybe 
Aggravatin' papa, I'll do anything you say 
Anything you say 
But when you go 
struttin' 
, do you strut around my way, so papa 
Just treat me pretty, be nice and kind 
The way you're treating me will make me lose my mind 
Aggravatin' papa, don't you try to two-time me 
Just treat me pretty, be nice and sweet 
I got a darn forty-four 
that don't repeat 
Aggravatin' papa, don't you try to two-time me 
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Note 1: triflin', to talk in a jesting or mocking manner or with intent to delude or mislead, to treat someone or something as unimportant; 
Note 2: two-time me, to betray (a spouse or lover) by secret lovemaking with another; 
Note 3: forty-four, caliber of a hand gun.