There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight Lyrics - Bessie Smith

Come along, get you ready Wear your bran', bran' new gown 

For there's gwine to be a meeting In that good, good old town 

Where you knowded everybody And they all knowded you 

And you've got a rabbit's foot To keep away de hoo-doo. 

When you hear that the preaching does begin 

Bend down low for to drive away your sin 

And when you gets religion, you want to shout and sing 

There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight, My baby 

When you hear dem a bells go ding ling ling 

All join 'round and sweetly you must sing 

And when the verse am through in the chorus all join in 

There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight. 

There'll be girls for ev'ry body: In that good, good old town, 

For there's Miss Consola Davis And there's Miss Gondolia Brown 

And there's Miss Johanna Beasly She am dressed all in red, 

I just hugged her and I kissed her And to me then she said: