I’m A Roustabout

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Titel: I’m A Roustabout
Längd: 2:08
Kompositörer: Otis Blackwell och Winifield Scott
Utgivare: Elvis Presley Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1964-03-03
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 12:30-17:50 och 19:10-00:00
Inspelningsplats: Radio Recorders Studio B – Hollywood, CA
Matrix: HRA1 8686
Tagning master: 10
Producent: Joseph Lilley
Studiotekniker: Dave Wiechman

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Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Tiny Timbrell
Gitarr: Billy Strange
Bas: Bob Moore
Trummor: D. J. Fontana
Trummor: Hal Blaine
Trummor: Buddy Harman
Piano: Floyd Cramer
Saxofon: Boots Randolph
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires

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Första utgivning: 2nd To None (82876 51108 2)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
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Text:

Build it up, knock it down
Hold it square, roll it around
Throw it in the air
Stick it in the ground
But it’s too bad, I can’t get mad
’Cause I’m a roustabout

Tie it loose, make it tight
If it’s wrong, do it right
Makes me kinda feel
Like I wanna fight
But it’s too bad, I can’t get mad
’Cause I’m a roustabout
Orders all day and half the night from the boss T
That guy just doesn’t wanna see one minute lost

Stack it up, in the rear
Better still bring it here
Wanna take it out, stick it in his ear
But it’s too bad, I can’t get mad
’Cause I’m a roustabout

A handyman is all I am around this place
Every time I turn around, he’s right up in my face

Bring it in, bring it out
When I’m slow, boy he shouts
Getting awful tired, running in and out
But it’s too bad, I can’t get mad
’Cause I’m a roustabout