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Ray Charles, 1957
Written by Renald Richard
The album this song is on is Charles' debut. It was re-released in 1962 under the title Hallelujah I Love Her So. This is a humorous story song. Told in a half-spoken vocal, punctuated with a buzzy sax, it relates how the narrator met a lady who might be described as a gold-digger. He's got money, but she wants more. "But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back / So if you want to have fun in this man's land / Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands." So he gets out a few more greenbacks. He thinks he'll have a great time with her, but of course these things don't always go as planned.
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