Filthy jazz song from the 30's?

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I’m trying to find a particular song from the 30’s, or thereabouts, which I’m positive has been discussed on this message board before.

It’s a light, poppy jazz record, sung by a lady with a Billie Holiday style voice, only piano and vox. The lyrics, however, are FILTHY – she sings about how she wants to get fucked this way, and get fucked that way, and the lyrics get dirtier and more perverted as the song goes on. (It’s clearly a parody, she even breaks up laughing a couple of times.)

Problem is, I can’t recall the singer’s name, the name of the song, or any other specific details that will help me search for it. Certainly, somebody here must know – which song am I thinking of?

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Probably “Shave 'Em Dry,” made infamous by Lucille Bogan.

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You tube link

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Well!!! I have a new theme song!

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Anyone remember this one?

*I’m looking for a cherry
For my banana split
Because without a cherry
A split just ain’t a split

I went to see Old Maid Blye
She still had hers but it was old and dry

Looking for a cherry
For my banana split!*

I think it was by Wingy Manone.

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That’s the one, thanks!!

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Any ideas on what “shave em dry” would mean? I’m envisioning the rhythmic stroking of a blade on a strop. What do you think?

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This cite says it’s basically to fuck without foreplay or romance. That also has a lot of history and variant lyrics to the song. It’s quite fascinating.

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Ah! Dry shave. Gotcha.

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Love her, love her, worship her! She is made of cool and blues. This one is my favorite by her. Pig Iron Sally. Now I 'm gonna have Shave 'Em Dry’s filthy lyrics spewing out of my mouth all night.

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Ah, new ring tone.

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I think you’re talking about Shave 'em Dry by Lucille Bogan.

Lyrics are really dirty, but here’s one of the cleaner ones.

A big sow gets fat from eatin’ corn
And her pigs get fat from sucklin’
You see this whore, fat like I am
Thank god I got fat from f***in’

I have it on an album called “Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts and Lollypops.” You can sample it at Amazon. It’s “Shave 'em Dry II”

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You might also like “Let me be your dirty fucking whore” by Machine Gun Fellatio.