After penning hits for both R&B and country artists, Frazier decided to take a stab at performing his own songs for this album in 1966. The material chosen focuses on his more playful novelty numbers like "Alley Oop," "She's A Yum Yum," and "Whoop it on 'Um" and includes other hits such as the title track and "Mohair Sam." The arrangements are by-the-numbers pop R&B and while he's clearly a capable singer, his voice lacks the grit to make these songs as bluesy as he'd obviously like them to be.
DALLAS FRAZIER
ELVIRA
Capitol ST-2552
June/1966
Produced by Marvin Hughes
1.
ELVIRA
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Eyes that look like heaven lips like cherry wine
She can sure nuff make my little light shine
I get funny feelings up and down my spine
Cause I know that my Elvira's mine
Elvira Elvira my heart's on fire for Elvira
Gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow
Gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow
Hi yo silver away
Tonight I'm gonna meet her at hungry house cafe
And I'm gonna give her all the love I can
She's gonna jump and holler cause I saved up two dollars
And we gonna search and find that preacher man
Elvira Elvira heart's on fire for Elvira...
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2.
ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I live night and day especially for you
I'll face come what may especially for you
Each and every step umm everything I say and do
Baby I do umm especially for you
You you are my one everything I hear and see yeah
A world without you would be no world to me
Each and every step everything I say and do
Baby I do umm especially for you
Oh little baby say it like I do especially for you
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3.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF YOU
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Just a little bit of you goes a long long way with me
A just a little bit of you goes a long long way with me
Your drippin' lips of honey taste good to me
Whoa you better tell your mama you'd better tell your pa
We're gonna build a treehouse down in Ozark Arkansas
Just a little bit of you goes a long long way with me
Your drippin' lips of honey taste good to me
Pum pum pum pum pum pum...
Whoa you better tell your mama....
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4.
SHE'S A YUM-YUM
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Sweeter than honey can be to your tongue um-um
That little girl of mine she's a yum-yum
One sweet taste of her lips makes you rum-dum
That little girl of mine she's a yum-yum
She make me shiver and shake when she talks
And she really knocks me out when she walks
Whoa everybody ask me where do she come from
I say now that little girl of mine she's a yum-yum
[ harmonica ]
Whoa she make me shiver and shake when she talks...
I said now that little girl of mine she's a yum-yum
Umm I said now that little girl of mine she's a yum-yum
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5.
WHOOP IT ON 'UM
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop
Whoop it on 'um tell 'um that you love 'um
Grab up in your arms and hug 'um
Whoop it on 'um with some real good kissin'
Let 'em know what they've been a missin'
If you wanna get them shook
You gotta whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop
Whoop it on 'um and tell them they're pretty
Like a model from New York City
Whoop it on 'um and call 'um your baby
Let 'um know that you don't mean maybe
If you wanna get them shook
You gotta whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop
[ harmonica ]
Whoop it on 'um with some uptown talkin'
Whistle at 'um when you see them a walkin'
Whoop it on 'um and tell them they're so tough
Tell them that their lovin' is too much
If you wanna get them shook
You gotta whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop
Whoop it on 'um with some real cool drivin'
Take 'um swimmin' and take 'um out drivin'
Whoop it on 'um let 'um wear your ring
Get together let the court bells ring
If you wanna get them shook
You gotta whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop
Whoop it on 'um whoop it on 'um whoop it on 'um
Yeah yeah whoop it on 'um
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6.
ALLEY OOP
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(Oop oop oop oop oop oop alley oop)
There's a man in the funny papers we all know
He lived way back a long time ago
He don't eat nothin' but bearcat stew
Well this cat's name is alley oop
He got a chauffer that's a genuine dinasour
And he can knuckle your head before you count to four
He got a big ugly club and a head full of hair
Likes great big lions and grizzley bears
He's the toughest man there is alive
Wearing clothes from a wildcat's hide
He's the king of the jungle time
Look at that cave man go
He rides through the jungle tearin' limbs off of trees
A knockin' great big monsters dead on their knees
The cats don't bug him cause they know better
He's a mean motorscooter and a bad go getter
Aw there he goes hahaha just look at him go
He sure is hip ain't he
Like he's all the way up town nobody puts alley oop down
Up there on his chauffer driven a dinasour
Mess with him baby and he'll knucke your head before you count to four
Like a like like always he's still one hundred per cent baby
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7.
WALKIN' WONDER
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Hey hey I got somethin' to say listen to me while I talk
Have you ever met the girl I love
With highheel sneakers and a gone gone walk
She's a walkin' wonder a little walkin' wonder
Out there walkin' wonder
I'm on cloud number nine cause her sweet lovin' is mine
Yeah ever time she walks down the street
A people stop and look around
She knows how to make a hounddog howl
And she can make a bulldog roll on the ground
She's a walkin' wonder pretty little walkin' wonder
Out there walkin' wonder
I'm on cloud number nine cause her sweet lovin' is mine
Oh I've been a wild ever since that day
She told me her lovin' was a mine
I've been feelin' somethin' tuggin' at my heart
It's like a hundred pound catfish on a fishin' line
Doctor said that I was too shook up said I oughta slow down
Her love has got me climbin' up trees
Hoppin' like a bullfrog all over town
And she's a walkin' wonder a little walkin' wonder
Oh she's walkin' wonder
I'm on cloud number nine cause her sweet lovin' is mine
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8.
DONE MADE UP MY MIND
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I done made up my mind bout lovin' you
Even a child I said a little bitty child could see I's a fool
After today I'll be just fine
A gonna leave you behind the sun's gonna shine
I done made up my mind
Whoa made up my mind yeah I ain't hangin' round
I said I ain't gonna hang round no more
Each step I take with you is one more step down
Whoa the pain in my heart will heal up in time
A gonna leave you behind the sun's gonna shine
I done made up my mind
[ guitar ]
Whoa made up my mind yeah I ain't hangin' round...
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9.
MOHAIR SAM
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Who is the hippie that's hap'nin' all over our town
A tearin' up the chicks with the message that he lays down
Oh who is the coolest cat that is what I am
I said fast talkin' slow walkin' good lookin' Mohair Sam
Chicks are makin' reservations for his lovin' so fine hmh so fine
Screamin' and a faintin' he's got 'em all waitin' in line
Oh who is the coolest cat...
[ piano ]
Chicks are makin' reservations...
Oh who is the coolest cat...
I said fast talkin' slow walkin' good lookin' Mohair Sam
I said fast talkin' slow walkin' good lookin' Mohair Sam
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10.
BABY AIN'T THAT FINE
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
You're gonna be my baby and I'm gonna be your guy
We're gonna cook some lovin' and it's gonna sizzle and fry
Baby ain't that fine baby ain't that fine
I'm gonna give you lovin' and I'm gonna take my time
We'll be rockin' and swingin' higher than a Georgia pine
Baby ain't that fine baby ain't that fine
I get a little bitty tingle up and down my spine
My heart gets dizzy everytime you say you're mine
The birds are gonna be singin' the bells are gonna chime
We're gonna love each other and the sun is gonna shine
Baby ain't that fine uh huh ain't that fine
Baby ain't that fine baby ain't that fine
I get a little bitty tingle...
Baby ain't that fine yeah chile ain't that fine
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11.
THAT AIN'T NO STUFF
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
All day long my bossman yells at me
While you lay home in bed and watch TV
Jump out of that bed you lazy woman and don't you hand me no guff
I'm gonna get rough and that ain't no stuff
A loafin' days for lazybones is gone
You'd better walk a straight line from now on
A get my supper on the table woman and you'd better huff and puff
I'm gonna get rough and that ain't no stuff
You'd better pay some mind to what's been sayin'
When I come home you'd better not be in bed
I'm gonna whup and bang upon your head
If you don't get your legs a leapin'
A washin' out clothes and cookin' and sweepin'
I just called the repossession man
And he's gonna take that TV off of your hands
You'd better hustle and get it in gear cause I've done had me enough
I'm gonna get rough and that ain't no stuff
[ piano ]
You'd better pay some mind to what's been sayin'...
Rough and that ain't no stuff rough and that ain't no stuff
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12.
BEEN RAINED ON
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I've been rained on blamed on walked and talked and shamed on
Love led me down a road to misery
I've been rained on a blamed on done been frowned and shamed on
Love gave nothin' but an achin' heart to me
One day a love's believin' next day love's deceivin'
Won't be long a case of leavin' me
I been rained on a blamed on a lied dispised and shamed on
Me and true love just ain't meant to be
[ harmonica ]
One day a love's believin'...
I been rained on a blamed on a lied dispised and shamed on
Me and true love just ain't meant to be
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