I don’t have a BBC TV licence – why would I want to fund 24/7/365 anti-male propaganda? – but access to BBC radio and its archives remains free. I’m a huge fan of Cerys Matthews, in particular her weekly Blues Show, available on BBC Sounds. Her 17th February show kicked off with a song by someone I hadn’t heard of before, Junior Parker. The song title Love Ain’t Nothin’ But A Business Goin’ On.
Junior Parker (1932-71) was an American blues singer and harmonica player. YouTube has a number of files of the aforementioned track, one of them here (audio, 3:21). The following refrain appears a number of times:
Love ain’t nothing but a business goin’ on.
When there ain’t no money comin’ in,
You wake up one morning to find your baby gone.
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