Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby? (1944)
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Series: Soundie
Genre: Soundie
Format: 16mm
Description:
The Nat King Cole Trio and Ida James perform "Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby" in this 1944 "Soundie."
Produced from 1941 through 1947 to be shown in coin-operated 16mm rear projection machines, "Soundies" presented a diversity of musical subjects and styles. The UCLA Film & Television Archive holds over a thousand of these black-and-white short films in its collection.
"Soundies" may be licensed from UCLA Film & Television Archive for films, TV shows and other productions. Learn more: ucla.in/2tUIbYw
Complete Record: The Nat King Cole Trio and Ida James perform "Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby" in this 1944 "Soundie." Produced from 1941 through 1947 to be shown in coin-operated 16mm rear projection machines, "Soundies" presented a diversity of musical subjects and styles. The UCLA Film & Television Archive holds over a thousand of these black-and-white short films in its collection. "Soundies" may be licensed from UCLA Film & Television Archive for films, TV shows and other productions. Learn more: ucla.in/2tUIbYw
Transcription
[Musical intro, guitar, bass, piano] [Nat King Cole singing] I got a gal who's always late. [Cole] Anytime we have a date, [Cole] but I love her. [Cole] Yes, I love her. [Cole] I'm gonna walk right up to the gate. [Cole] See if I can get it straight, [Cole] 'cause I want her. [Cole] I'm gonna ask her. [Ida James] Is you is or is you ain't my baby. [James] The way you're acting lately, makes me doubt. [James] You'se is still my baby, baby. [James] Or has my flame in your heart done gone out. [James] A man is a creature. [James] Always been strange. [James] When you're sure of one, you find he's gone and made a change, so, [James] Is you is or is you ain't my baby? [James] Or maybe baby's found somebody new. [James] Or, is my baby, still my baby true. [Piano stands out] [Guitar stands out] [Cole] A woman is a creature. [Cole] That has always been strange. [Cole] Just when you're sure of one you find, look out, she's gone and made a change. [James] Oh is you is or is you ain't my baby. [James] Or maybe baby's found somebody new. [James] Or tell me, [James] please tell me, [James] Is my baby true?
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