You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me
Trixie Smith * Track #113 On The Paramount Project Volume 3 (12200-12299)
Download "You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me"
Album The Paramount Project Volume 3 (12200-12299)
- #1
Ma Rainey’s Mystery RecordMa Rainey
- #2
Honey Where You Been So Long?Ma Rainey
- #3
Red River Blues (Take 1)Lottie Kimbrough
- #4
Honey BluesLottie Kimbrough
- #5
Chicago Monkey Man Blues (Take 1)Ida Cox
- #6
Worried Any How BluesIda Cox
- #7
Hateful BluesEdmonia Henderson
- #8
Down On The Levee BluesEdna Hicks
- #9
Lonesome Woman BluesEdna Hicks
- #10
You Ain’t Foolin MePriscilla Stewart
- #11
True BluesPriscilla Stewart
- #12
Fire In The Mountain BluesThelma La Vizzo
- #13
Trouble In Mind BluesThelma La Vizzo
- #14
Chicago StompsJames Blythe
- #15
Armour Ave. StruggleJames Blythe
- #16
Sorrowful BluesTrixie Smith
- #17
I Don’t Know And I Don’t Care BluesTrixie Smith
- #18
The Gouge Of Armour AvenueMaggie Jones
- #19
The Chicago GougeMaggie Jones
- #20
Rocking Chair BluesMonette Moore
- #21
Friendless BluesMonette Moore
- #22
Freight Train Blues (1924 Version)Trixie Smith
- #23
Don’t Shake It No MoreTrixie Smith
- #24
Blues Ain’t Nothin’ Else But! (Take 2)Ida Cox
- #25
Last Time BluesIda Cox
- #26
Cool Kind Daddy BluesAnna Lee Chisholm
- #27
Georgia Sam BluesAnna Lee Chisholm
- #28
Tell ’Em Bout Me (When You Reach Tennessee)Ethel Waters
- #29
You’ll Need Me When I’m Long GoneEthel Waters
- #30
Those Dogs Of Mine (Famous Cornfield Blues)Ma Rainey
- #31
Lucky Rock BluesMa Rainey
- #32
Thirty Fifth St. BluesJelly Roll Morton
- #33
Mamanita (1924 Version)Jelly Roll Morton
- #34
Eziekel Saw De Wheel (1813-2)Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #35
Crying Holy Unto The LordNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #36
Pleading BluesNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #37
Papa’s Lawdy Lawdy BluesPapa Charlie Jackson
- #38
Airy Man BluesPapa Charlie Jackson
- #39
Death Letter Blues (1924 Recording)Ida Cox
- #40
Kentucky Man BluesIda Cox
- #41
Jerusalem MornSunset Four Quartette
- #42
Do You Call That ReligionSunset Four Quartette
- #43
Shave ’Em Dry BluesMa Rainey
- #44
Farewell Daddy Blues (Take 2)Ma Rainey
- #45
He’s Never Gonna Throw Me DownKitty Brown & Leroy Morton
- #46
Keep On GoingKitty Brown & Leroy Morton
- #47
Mr. Freddie BluesPriscilla Stewart
- #48
Mecca Flat BluesPriscilla Stewart
- #49
Swing Low Sweet Chariot (1924 Recording)Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #50
I’m A PilgrimNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #51
I’m Leaving YouEddie Green & Billie Wilson
- #52
I’m Sorry For It NowEddie Green & Billie Wilson
- #53
South Bound BluesMa Rainey
- #54
Lawd Send Me A Man BluesMa Rainey
- #55
Cherry Picking Blues (1924 Recording)Ida Cox
- #56
Wild Women Don’t Have The Blues (1924 Recording)Ida Cox
- #57
Black Spatch BluesEthel Waters
- #58
I Want Somebody All My OwnEthel Waters
- #59
Hot Springs Water Blues (Take 2)Sodarisa Miller
- #60
Who’ll Drive My Blues AwaySodarisa Miller
- #61
Praying BluesTrixie Smith
- #62
Ada Jane’s BluesTrixie Smith
- #63
Roll Jordon RollNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #64
I’m Going To Meet My MotherNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #65
Where Shall I BeNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #66
I’m Gonna Build Right On Dat ShoreNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #67
Regular Man Blues (Take 1)Lottie Kimbrough
- #68Mama Can’t Lose
Lottie Kimbrough
- #69
Salt Lake City Blues (Take 1)Papa Charlie Jackson
- #70
Salty Dog Blues (Take 1)Papa Charlie Jackson
- #71
My Mean Man BluesIda Cox
- #72
Worried In Mind BluesIda Cox
- #73
Countin’ the Blues (Take 2)Ma Rainey
- #74
Jelly Bean BluesMa Rainey
- #75
Jelly Roll BluesEdmonia Henderson
- #76
Lazy Daddy BluesEdmonia Henderson
- #77
Delta Bottom BluesPriscilla Stewart
- #78
I Never Call My Man’s NamePriscilla Stewart
- #79
Barnum’s Steam CalliopeSunset Four Quartette
- #80
Didn’t He RambleSunset Four Quartette
- #81
Booze and BluesMa Rainey
- #82
Toad Frog BluesMa Rainey
- #83
Down By The River BluesSodarisa Miller
- #84
Don’t Dog Me ’RoundSodarisa Miller
- #85
Skeeg-A-Lee BluesFord and Ford
- #86
I’m Three Times SevenFord and Ford
- #87
Choo Choo BluesTrixie Smith
- #88
Ride Jockey RideTrixie Smith
- #89
Red Hot MamaJimmy O’Bryant & James Blythe & Jasper Taylor
- #90
Drunk Mans StrutJimmy O’Bryant & Jasper Taylor & James Blythe
- #91
West Indies BluesUkulele “Bob” Williams
- #92Go Long Mule
Ukulele “Bob” Williams
- #93
Black Hand BluesJulia Davis (1920s Blues Singer)
- #94
Ske Da DeJulia Davis (1920s Blues Singer)
- #95
Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me)The Down Home Syncopaters & Trixie Smith
- #96
How Come You Do Me Like You DoThe Down Home Syncopaters & Trixie Smith
- #97
New Orleans Goofer Dust Blues (Take 1)Thelma La Vizzo
- #98
Graveyard Bound BluesIda Cox
- #99
Mississippi River BluesIda Cox
- #100
Jealous Hearted Blues (Take 2)Ma Rainey
- #101
See See Rider BluesMa Rainey
- #102
Tall Brown BluesPriscilla Stewart
- #103
The Woman Ain’t BornPriscilla Stewart
- #104
Low Down Painful BluesLottie Kimbrough
- #105
Sugar Daddy BluesLottie Kimbrough
- #106
Steppin’ On The BluesLovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
- #107
Traveling BluesLovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
- #108
Mining Camp BluesTrixie Smith
- #109You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me
Trixie Smith
- #110
Cell Bound BluesMa Rainey
- #111
Ya-Da-DoMa Rainey
- #112
Blue Kentucky BluesIda Cox
- #113
Misery BluesIda Cox
- #114
The Cats Got The MeaslesPapa Charlie Jackson
- #115
I Got What It Takes But It Breaks My Heart To Give It AwayPapa Charlie Jackson
- #116
Skoodlum BluesJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #117
Midnight StruttersJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #118
Confession BluesSodarisa Miller
- #119
Broadway Daddy BluesSodarisa Miller
- #120
Railroad BluesTrixie Smith
- #121
The World’s Jazz Crazy And So Am ITrixie Smith
- #122
Those Married Man BluesIda Cox
- #123
Georgia Hound BluesIda Cox
- #124
Shave Em Dry (Take 2)Papa Charlie Jackson
- #125
Coffee Pot BluesPapa Charlie Jackson
- #126
Washboard (Washboard Blues)Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #127
Brand New CharlestonJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band &
- #128
What You Going To Do When The Worlds On FireNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #129
When I Was A MoanerNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #130
Throw Out The Life LineNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #131
Get On Board, Little Children, Get On BoardNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #132
Every Time I Feel The SpiritNorfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
- #133
Crying Won’t Make Him StayLeola B. “Coot Grant” Wilson
- #134
Good News Chariots ComingSunset Four Quartette
- #135
Wade In The WaterSunset Four Quartette
- #136
Lift Up Your HeadsProfessor J. Wesley Jones and Community Choristers
- #137
Sunshine Special (Out Side Man Blues)Sodarisa Miller
- #138
Be YourselfSodarisa Miller
- #139
Georgia Break DownJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #140
Peepin’ BluesLovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
- #141
Charleston, South CarolinaLovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders & Priscilla Stewart
- #142
Charleston MadLovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders & Priscilla Stewart
- #143
Homeward Bound BluesJones’ Paramount Charleston Four
- #144
Old Steady RollJones’ Paramount Charleston Four
- #145
The Faking BluesPapa Charlie Jackson
- #146
Shake That Thing (Take 2)Papa Charlie Jackson
- #147
Someday BluesIda Cox
- #148
Cold Black Ground BluesIda Cox
- #149
Mojo BluesLovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
- #150
Heebie JeebiesLovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
- #151
Army Camp Harmony BluesMa Rainey
- #152
Explaining The BluesMa Rainey
- #153
Oh Lord What A MorningSunset Four Quartette
- #154
Hand Me Down The Silver TrumpetSunset Four Quartette
- #155
Priscilla BluesPriscilla Stewart
- #156
I Was Born A Brownskin And You Can’t Make Me BluePriscilla Stewart
- #157
Clarinet Get AwayJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #158
Back Alley RubJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #159
Blue Eyed SallyJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #160
I’m Alabama BoundPapa Charlie Jackson
- #161
Drop That SackPapa Charlie Jackson
- #162
Louisiana Hoo Doo BluesMa Rainey
- #163
Goodbye Daddy BluesMa Rainey
- #164
Black Crepe BluesIda Cox
- #165
Fare Thee Well Poor GalIda Cox
- #166
You Must Have True ReligionSunset Four Quartette
- #167
Fightin’ BluesSodarisa Miller
- #168
Nobody KnowsSodarisa Miller
- #169
Three J BluesJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #170
Steppin On The GasJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #171
Stormy Sea BluesMa Rainey
- #172
Levee Camp MoanMa Rainey
- #173
Mama Don’t Allow It (And She Ain’t Gonna Have It Here)Papa Charlie Jackson
- #174
Take Me Back BluesPapa Charlie Jackson
- #175
The Joys (Slow Motion Special)Jimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #176
Switch It Miss MitchellJimmy O’Bryant’s Washboard Band
- #177
Southern Woman’s BluesIda Cox
- #178
Mistreatin’ Daddy BluesIda Cox
- #179
Switch It Miss MitchellPriscilla Stewart
- #180
Going To The NationPriscilla Stewart
You've Got To Beat Me To Keep Me by Trixie Smith
Performed by
Trixie SmithYou’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me Lyrics
[Verse]
I know a gal, peculiar gal
Her name is Susie Ann
She raises sand to beat the band
To aggravate her man
She totes knives and pistols
Just to keep in trim
And when her man ain't knockin' her down
This is what she says to him
[Chorus]
You've got to beat me to keep me
'Cause mama loves a hard-boiled man
Won't stand to let no man [cheat/sheik?] me
If he's got a good right hand
Beat me up for breakfast, knock me down for tea
Black my eye for supper, then you're pleasin' me
You've got to beat me to keep me
'Cause mama loves a hard-boiled man
[Bridge]
Mama don't want no diamond rings
And she don't want no swell clothes
[?] me, daddy, 'til it stings
Across my mouth and nose
I don't want no hug and kiss
I don't want no love and smile
Beat me with your tender fist
Papa, like I was your child
[Chorus]
You've got to beat me to keep me
'Cause mama loves a hard-boiled man
Won't stand to let no man [sheik/cheat] me
If he's got a good right hand
Come down in my kitchen, [feed/lead?] off ifs and ands
Beat me to a frazzle with your skillets, pots and pans
You must beat me to keep me
'Cause mama loves a hard-boiled man
You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me Q&A
Who wrote You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me's ?
You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me was written by Bob Ricketts & Porter Grainger.