Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes
1972 · Spring SPR 125 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Bobby Newsome
- Title
- Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes
- Release
- Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes / Post Office
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Spring # SPR 125
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Bobby Newsome
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul · Funk
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Another "Jody" track - "Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes" (Spring Records # SPR 125) - this one also does not mention war or soldiers, only that a man has "been gone for a month", during which time Jody stole his wife. This drove the husband slightly crazy, whose been going around "with a 38 in his hand". The song sent out a warning that "you never know who Jody is...could be the milkman...the mailman too" and even "your very best friend".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Everybody talkin' bout Jody, had himself a real good time / He stole the wife of my next door neighbor and the cat done lost his mind / White folks need to come get him / Throw him there in the can / He's over there walking around talkin' to himself / With a 38 in his hand / Talkin' about Jody / Come back and get your shoes, Jody / You left your shoes under my bed... / In the man's own letter he been gone for a month / Jody got everything that he wanted... / Well men let this be a lesson in this world we live / You gotta keep your eye on everyone / ‘Cause you never know who Jody is / Now Jody could be the milkman / And he could be the mailman too / And Jody could even be your very best friend
Notes
Spring Records SPR 125 (SPR-125 A), 2066 201 (1117), green and white label; "Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes" (Bobby Newsome), Groovesville Music, BMI, time 3:13; produced by Bobby Newsome; "℗ 1972 Spring Records", "Distributed by Polydor Inc., New York, New York", made in U.S.A. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Bobby Newsome (Robert L. Newsome), 1960s-70s soul singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois and a member of the Vontastics; he wrote and recorded 'Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes' b/w 'Post Office' (Spring SPR 125, 1972; UK issue on Mojo). [Source: Discogs; 45cat]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Jody Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs