My Name is Jorge 
The Gourds 
Song by Jimmy Smith
Submitted to www.gourds.org 
by Mike Kelly

2 alternating progressions for entire song

A:  D  Am  C  G

B:  G   Bm  C  D

Intro:   Repeat A two times

Verse A (First verse employs call and response after each line)

       D         Am          C          G
Well my name is Jorge and I twist and I juke

 I roll into town with my wagon of fruit

 I'll sell you an apple I'll sell you an orange

And what you do with it ain't of my concern


Verse B

       G         Bm         C       D
I once sold me an apple to William S Burroughs

He shot up his dope, his Wine sap, his girl

And I sold me a lemon to Henry S. Ford

But he brought it back I said all sales are final


A

And I sold me a plum to a man who makes pies

Jack stuck his thumb in it, oh what a surprise

And I sold sugar cane to Harvey Oswald

And he didn't shoot Johnny, but I think he's involved

B

Yeah I sold the cherries, I sold the pits

Them girls gettin married, them girls havin kids

And I won an award for a melon I growed

So I fixed up my wagon to vend a new load


A (doo-wop response to each line)

But I won't sell no flowers, no that ain't my gig

And I won't sell no cow, fish, fowl or pig

But I'll sell a bucket of peaches to Prine

'Cept he's got his own tree so he ain't shakin mine

B

Once sold me a pear to Muhammad Ali

But I called him Clay so he punched me out

Now I'm punch-drunk and my wagon's kapoot

Said my name is Jorge and i twist and I juke


A(same response to each line)

Said my name is Jorge and I twist and I juke (He roll into town with a wagon of fruit)

Repeat three times, last two with gusto

        G         Bm           C          D
Yeah my name is Jorge and I twist and I juke

     G              Bm          C               G