Slow Poke - Pee Wee King

Slow Poke
 

It is credited to three writers: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price. Actually Price wrote the song in 1951, as she thought the song described her friend, King, very well. King recorded the song and Stewart did the vocal. Price gave rights to the other two in exchange for publicity, as she felt she knew nothing about the music distribution business. The song did so well commercially that when Price wrote the song "You Belong to Me" the next year, she felt she could do better by ceding partial credit for authorship to King and Stewart than trying to publicize the song herself, so that song as well was credited to King, Stewart, and Price, though Price was the sole author.

Slow Poke Lyrics

You keep me waitin’ till it’s gettin’ aggravatin’,
You’re a slow poke,
I wait n’ worry but you never seem to hurry,
You’re a slow poke,


Time means nothin’ to you, i wait and then,
Late again,
Eight o’clock, nine o’clock,
Quarter to ten,


Why should i linger ev’ry time you snap your finger,
Little slow poke,
Why can’t you hasten when you see the time’s a-wastin’,
You’re a slow poke, dear,


Why should i keep tryin’ to change you,
It’s not the thing to do,
I guess i’ll have to learn
To be a slow poke too!


Slow Poke Singers

Pee Wee King (billboard hit 1951, 1952) 1951
pee-wee-king

Eddy Arnold 1956.


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