Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
by 
Turner Layton 
Henry Creamer 
recording of October 15 1923 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy C2K-47091) 
Tillie Brown was a dancing fool 
Spent her time in a dancing school 
When the band would play 
Tillie would start right in to sway 
First one out on the ballroom floor 
She never got enough, she just craved for more 
When she start to sway 
All the girls and boys would say 
Whoa, Tillie, take your time 
Whoa, Tillie, take your time 
There ain't no use to hurrying 'cause you wanna prance 
You've got all night to do that dance 
Whoa, Tillie, lay 'em down 
Whoa, Tillie Brown 
You don't know what to shake 
When you shake 
What to break 
Whoa, Tillie, take your time 
Whoa, Tillie, take your time 
Whoa, Tillie, take your time 
There ain't no use to hurrying 'cause you wanna prance 
Look out there, Tillie, you got all night to do that dance 
Whoa, Tillie, lay 'em down 
Whoa, Tillie, Tillie Brown 
You don't know what to shake 
When you shake 
What to break 
Whoa, Tillie, take your time