Stump Johnson, "The Duck Yas Yas Yas" 1929 Original

Composed by St. Louis blues artist James "Stump" Johnson in 1929 (or possibly late in 1928), "The Duck's Yas Yas Yas" is an old St. Louis party song that has seemed to have been lost along with the artists who originally played the tune. Stump Johnson recorded it at least twice more before his death. Although this is the first recorded version, it was probably not the most popular. It was soon recorded by St. Louis jazz bands Oliver Cobb and His Rhythm Kings as well as Eddie Johnson's Crackerjacks, and later by Tampa Red, The Three Peppers, and King Perry. The song's legacy lies most of all in Stump's first two lines, which has variations featured in many blues and folk tunes:
"Mama bought a rooster and she thought it was a duck,
Put it on the table with its legs straight up . . ."
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