Love Song, "Annie Had A Baby"
By Hank Ballard and The Midnighters 1954
Annie had a baby, cant work no more
NO, no, no, no, no, no, no
Annie had a baby, cant work no more
Every time she start to working
She has to stop to walk the baby cross the floor
She had to walk with the
baby
Instead of me
talk to the baby
Instead of me
sing to the baby
instead of me
cling to the
baby
instead of me
Now I know.
I know Annie understood
Thats what happens when the game gets good
Chorus
Sunn,
Sorry. I googled it.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:56 am
Man, I haven’t thought about Hank Ballard in years.
Google may have been the greatest program of all time for its’ contribution to the information highway.
I’ll have to see if I can find a site to give HB & the Midnighters a listen.
It’s been a long time comin’ (D. Crosby)
March 12th, 2009 at 10:57 am
You’re way ahead of me. All I knew was “Annie Had A Baby”.
March 12th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Let me know if you find a site.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Anon, I looked in my vast collection, lo & behold I have 5 or 6 tracks by Hank Ballard on old R&B compilation discs. No Annie Had A Baby. However, one track is “Work With Me Annie”. If you want I can e-mail you mp3 files of the songs.
March 13th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Out of the past. Right! “Work With Me Annie”, (Roll with me Annie. Roll on, roll on.). That one got banned too. If its not too much trouble, I’d like to hear them again. You can get my email address from either MRambler or Jek. I dont think I should post it in the open.
“Annie Had A Baby” must have come after “Work With Me Annie”.
March 14th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Released on the Federal Label, 1954 Annie had A baby b/w She’s the one. Is the answer song to “work with me Annie” Annie sems to be a theme in a lot of hank’s work he had several songs about this girl. hank Passed away in 2003 of Throat Cancer.
March 14th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Who is this Annie????????? I wonder.
March 15th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Annie Greensprings? I knew her quite well in the early 70’s.
Would make a good music trivia question.
March 15th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
What? You knew her? Let’ hear the whole story.