Song title: What'd I say
What'd I say
Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong
Come and love your daddy all night long
All right now, hey hey, all right
See the girl with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing
All right now now now, hey hey, hey hey
Tell your mama, tell your pa
I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas
Oh yes, ma'm, you don't do right, don't do right
Aw, play it boy
When you see me in misery
Come on baby, see about me
Now yeah, all right, all right, aw play it, boy
When you see me in misery
Come on baby, see about me
Now yeah, hey hey, all right
See the girl with the red dress on
She can do the Birdland all night long
Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right
Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say....
And-a I wanna know
Said I wanna know yeah
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 01/10/1965 Reception hall, Monmouth county,NJ ,USA during the Castiles period
note: this date is only indicative of the general period
- 23/09/1989 The Rumrunner, Sea Bright,NJ ,USA during the Summer '89 bar Tour
- 16/03/1999 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York,NY ,USA
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
First known live performance: 01/10/1965 Reception hall, Monmouth county,NJ ,USA
Last known live performance: 16/03/1999 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York,NY ,USA
Song 'history':
During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 1 time(s) with the Castiles.
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Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
Played during the 'Summer '89 bar tour', which is the name under which I group the 1989 shows Bruce played with various small bands, or guesting, between March and September 1989
The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database