Short John Lyrics - Bessie Smith

Short John is my doctor, and he sho' is good to me 

Yes I'm puttin' on John down, Short John's my man and he sho' is good to me 

When I treat him right, I get the whole treatment for free! 

He examines me carefully, takes care of my ills 

Yes he examines me carefully, and he takes care of my ills 

Well he checks me all over, hen he gives me the right size pills! 

He said, "lay down, stretch out, and please don't look so sad" 

Yes I laid down, I stretched out, and I stopped looking so sad 

Cause the medicine he gave me was enough to drive most women stark ravin' mad 

Now the other doctors checked me out 

Cause they found nothing wrong 

When Short John looked me over 

I've got other ails that never shown 

I cried "Doctor!", I keep singing "Doctor, I need a treatment right away 

For you treat me so good, I could stand these treatments every day"