Stone Cold Dead In The Market
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Lyrics

He's stone-cold dead in de market
The singer's husband is dead and lying in the market

He's stone-cold dead in de market
The singer's husband is dead and lying in the market

He's stone-cold dead in de market
The singer's husband is dead and lying in the market

I killed nobody but me husband
The artist is confessing to killing her husband

Last night I went out drinking
The artist went out drinking the previous night

When I came home, I gave her a beating
The singer physically abused their spouse upon coming home

So she catch up the rolling pin and went to work on my head
The spouse retaliated and hit the singer with a rolling pin

Till she bash it in
The rolling pin caused significant damage to the artist's head

I lie cold dead in de market
The artist is now dead and lying in the market

Stone-cold dead in de market
The artist is still dead and lying in the market

I lie cold dead in de market
The singer is dead and lying in the market

She killed nobody but her husband
The artist's spouse is confessing to killing the artist's husband

I lick him wit' thee pot and thee fryin' pan
The singer's spouse hit the husband with a pot and frying pan

I lick him wit' thee pot and thee fryin' pan
The singer's spouse hit the husband with a pot and frying pan

I lick him wit' thee pot and thee fryin' pan
The singer's spouse hit the husband with a pot and frying pan

And if I kill him, he had it coming
The spouse believes the husband deserved to be killed

Man, he's stone-cold dead in de market
The husband is dead and lying in the market

He's stone-cold dead in de market
The husband is dead and lying in the market

He's stone-cold dead in de market
The husband is dead and lying in the market

I killed nobody but me husband
The artist is confessing to killing her husband

My family they swearin' to kill her
The artist's spouse's family is threatening to kill the artist

My family they swearin' to kill her
The artist's spouse's family is threatening to kill the artist

His family they swearin' to kill me
The singer's family is threatening to kill the spouse

And if I kill him, he had it coming
The spouse believes the husband deserved to be killed

I lie cold dead in the market, child
The singer is dead and lying in the market

Cold dead in the market, child
The singer is dead and lying in the market

I lie cold dead in the market
The singer is dead and lying in the market

She kill nobody but her husband
The artist's spouse is confessing to killing the artist's husband

There is one thing that I am sure
The artist is confident in what they are about to say

He ain't goin' to beat me no more
The singer's husband will no longer be able to abuse them

So I tell you that I doesn't care
The singer does not care about the consequences of what they did

If I was to die in the electric chair
The artist is willing to pay the ultimate price for killing their husband

Man, he's stone-cold dead in de market
The husband is dead and lying in the market

He's stone-cold dead in de market
The husband is dead and lying in the market

He's stone-cold dead in de market
The husband is dead and lying in the market

I killed nobody but me husband
The artist is confessing to killing her husband

Hey, child, I'm coming back and bash you on your head one more time
The singer's spouse is threatening to continue their physical abuse

No, no, man, you can't do that
The singer is refusing to be abused further

You stone-cold dead in de market, murderer
The spouse is now dead and lying in the market, and is being called a murderer

Stone-cold dead in de market, de criminal
The spouse is now dead and lying in the market, and is being called a criminal

He's stone-cold dead in de market
The spouse is now dead and lying in the market

I killed nobody but me husband
The singer is confessing to killing her husband