“Step It Up and Go”
Description
Verses about situations that force (someone) to "step it up and go." The singer's woman no longer loves him. The singer flees the gun of a man whose woman he has been courting. In a river, he meets an alligator. And so forth
Notes
This song and "Bottle Up and Go" look very alike at first glance, but the verses seem to be very different. They might both be "Salty Dog" spinoffs. Until I see an intermediate version, I am (tentatively) classifying them separately. - RBW
Same tune
- Brownie McGhee, "Step It Up and Go No. 2" (OKeh 06698, 1942)
Cross references
- cf. "Salty Dog" (floating lyrics)
- cf. "Bottle Up and Go"
Recordings
- Blind Boy Fuller, "Step It Up and Go" (Columbia 37230, 1947 -- presumably a reissue)
- Maddox Bros. & Rose "New Step It Up and Go" (4-Star 1549, n.d. but at least 1947)
- Tommy McClennan, "Shake It Up and Go" (Bluebird 34-0716, 1944)
References
- Silber-FSWB, p. 79, "Step It Up and Go" (1 text)
- BI, FSWB079B