Shorty Long - Devil With The Blue Dress

First performance: 23/09/1975


Coverinfo

 
Always inside the Detroit Medley.
Live versions are released on the No Nukes compilation and on Hammersmith Odeon London '75.
 
 
 
 
 

Songinfo

"Devil with a Blue Dress On" (also known as "Devil with the Blue Dress On") is a song written by Shorty Long and William "Mickey" Stevenson, first performed by Long and released as a single in 1964. Two years later, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels recorded the song as a medley with an original arrangement of Little Richard's "Good Golly, Miss Molly". Their version was notably more up-tempo than Long's more blues-influenced rendition.
 
 
 

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Lyrics

Alright! Jump up! Get it! Hey!
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress
Devil with the blue dress on, ooh yeah
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress
Devil with the blue dress on
Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum
Look at Molly now, here she comes
Wearin' her wig, hat and shades to match
She's got high-heel shoes and an alligator hat
Wearin' her pearls and her diamond rings
She's got bracelets on her fingers now and everything
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress on
She's the Devil with the blue dress on, oh, have mercy
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress on
Devil with the blue dress on, hey
Wearin' her perfume, Chanel No. 5
Got to be the finest girl alive
She walks real cool, catches everybody's eye
She's got such good lovin' that they can't say goodbye
Not too skinny, she's not too fat
She's a real humdinger and I like it like that
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress on
She's the Devil with the blue dress on, hey, sing now
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, on yeah
The Devil with the blue dress on
Good golly Miss Molly
(Good golly, Miss Molly)
You sure like to ball
Golly, Miss Molly
(Good golly, Miss Molly)
You sure like to ball
While you're rockin' and rollin'
(Good golly, Miss Molly)
Don't you hear your mama call
From the early, early mornin' 'til the early, early nights
See Miss Molly rockin' at the House of Blue Lights
Good golly, Miss Molly
(Good golly, Miss Molly)
You sure like to ball
While you're rockin' and rollin'
(Good golly, Miss Molly)
Can't you hear your mama call
Fee, fee, fi, fi, fo-fo, fum
I said, "Look at once again now, here she comes
Wearin' her wig, hat and shades to match
Got high-heel sneakers and an alligator hat
Wearin' her pearls and her diamond rings
She's got bracelets on her fingers now and everything
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress on
She's the Devil with the blue dress on
Devil with the blue dress, alright, go sock it to me now
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress
Devil with the blue dress on
Devil with the blue dress, blue dress, blue dress
Devil with the blue dress on