From the recording Cornpone the King of Jive
Music and Lyrics composed by Edgar Breau. Recorded at La La Pop Shoppe Studio in Monteal QC with Dany Laj producing. Feb. 1, 2025.
Edgar Breau - Vocals and Epiphone Sheraton Pro 2 Hollow Body Electric Guitar
Dany Laj - Gretsch Hollow Body Electric Guitar and backing vocals
Jeanette Dowling - Fender Precision Electric Bass Guitar and backing vocals
Alex Pauze - Drums
Lyrics
Cornpone the King of Jive
Devil son of a witch and the father of lies,
Cornpone the king of sly had an ornery disposition,
Now why'd your mother have to be a nightmare vision from the age of three?
Put you in a harness marched you out the fast track to perdition,
Never taught you wrong from right or cultivated erudition,
You became Cornpone the King of Jive.
Cornpone the King of Jive had a mute wife called Bodean,
Met her in a parking lot, a wisp of a girl sixteen,
Set up a house of ill repute, dogged hauling in filthy loot,
Attracted plenty of attention from the boys in blue.
Arch rivals made disappear, couldn't pin it on old Cornpone,
Mug shot grinning ear to ear, a local menace home grown,
Raise a glass to our own! Our own Cornpone the King of Jive
Cornpone could tantalize, snake charm like a Hindu dervish,
Cornpone the King of Jive, never one to be shy or nervous,
Card sharking in a sharkskin suit, lighting a match on his snakeskin boot,
Choked to death on a fishbone did Bodean,
His dog died mysteriously, tongue tied on the floor,
Cleaning lady disappeared, never found no more,
What's it all for?
For the man with the master plan, he's a criminal genius stalking the land!
He's the man with the master plan, criminal genius stalking the land!
Cornpone the King of Jive!
Cornpone the King of Jive!
Cornpone the King of Jive!
Cornpone the King of Jive!