Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Words & Music by Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
Recorded by Louis Jordan*, 1944 (#2)
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I got a gal that's always late, ev'ry time we have a date,
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But I love her, yes I love her,
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I'm gonna walk right up to her gate and see if I can get it straight,
'Cause I want her, I'm gonna ask her.
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
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The way you're actin' lately makes me doubt
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Yous is still my baby, baby --
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Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out.
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A woman is a creature that has al - ways been strange;
Just when you're sure of one,
You find she's gone and made a change.
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
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Maybe baby's found somebody new,
Or is my baby still my baby true?
*I'm crediting Jordan here principly because he co-wrote and popularized the song, but
listened to several versions -- notably Dinah Washington's from 1956 and Diana Krall's
1994 -- and each have their advantages.