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Alberta Hunter: I'm having a...

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I'm having a good time,
Please don't blame me,
I'm knocking myself out
Don't try to tame me
Let me have my fun,
I've got to have my fling,
Some folks say I'm blowing my top
Talk don't mean a thing, . . .

Source: In The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya, by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.
-- Alberta Hunter, (Apr 1 1895-1988), US blues singer; She who achieved international fame in the 1930s for her vigorous and rhythmically infectious style.


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