You raise the roof
Honey, I'll raise the rafters
You put me under your spell
I'm loving you, from now till hereafter
Together we'll both raise hell

You be my good lovin' fellah
And I'll be your cup of tea
You be my sweet marshmallow
I'll take you home with me

You be my Spanish Armada
I'll treat your sailors so nice
You be my party July
I'll be your pepper and spice

You raise the roof
I'll raise the rafters
You put me under your spell
I'm loving you, from now till hereafter
Together we'll both raise hell

You be my pay-day daddy
I'll be your Champagne bar
Stick something in my stick shift caddy
I'll take you round in my car

You be my mover and shake
And I'll give you something to shake
You be my moneymaker
And we'll eat T-bone steak

You raise the roof
I'll raise the rafters
You put me under your spell
I'm loving you, from now till hereafter
Together we'll both raise hell


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    This spirited duet sung by Joe Ely and Jo Harvey Allen is from Chippy.

    Chippy: Diaries of a West Texas Hooker is the story of a prostitute who roamed the Texas Panhandle, New Mexico and Arizona during the 1930s and '40s. She did business with more than 6,000 johns, bartering her services for everything from lodging at fine hotels to treatment for the syphilis she contracted at age 15.

    She was a lesbian who was married six times - once to five men simultaneously (they were away fighting World War II), and once to the same man as her mother, who was also a prostitute. She was an alcoholic who - within a week of their births - lost each of her children to syphilis, a disease she gladly passed along to her enemies.

    Chippy was also a compulsive diarist who left behind 30 years' worth of journals when she died in 1967 at the age of 51. "Bundles from heaven" and ''parcels from hell" is what she called them.

    You couldn't ask for better source material for a collaboration by old friends, Terry Allen, Jo Harvey Allen, Joe and Sharon Eli, Butch Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Jo Carol Pierce, known for their irreverent, poignant work.

    sillybunnyon April 07, 2014   Link

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