Track Title:               Hardhearted Hannah
Album Title:               Genius & Soul, The 50th Anv. Coll. Vol. 2
Prime Artist:              Ray Charles     (Robinson)

Arranger:                  Marty Paich
Drums:                     Irving Cottler
Bass:                      Edgar Willis
Saxophone:                 Leroy (Hog) Cooper

Saxophone:                 Hank Crawford     (Bennie C.)
Saxophone:                 David (Fathead) Newman

Trumpet:                   John Hunt
Trumpet:                   Martin Banks
Producer:                  Sid Feller

Written by:                Charles Bates
Written by:                Robert Bigelow
Written by:                Jack Yellen
Written by:                Milton Ager

From the Album:            Dedicated To You  1961 (A)
Lyrics:
They call her Hardhearted Hannah,
the vamp of Savannah,
The meanest gal in town
Leather is tough,
but Hannah's heart is tougher
She's a gal who likes to see men suffer

To tease 'em and thrill 'em,
to torture and kill 'em
Is her delight they say.
I saw her at the seashore with a great big pan
There was Hannah pouring water on a drowning man
That's Hardhearted Hannah, the vamp of Savannah G-A

(bridge)

They call her Hardhearted Hannah,
the vamp of Savannah
The meanest gal in town
Talk about your cold refrigerating mammas
Brother she's a polar bears pajamas

To tease 'em and thrill 'em,
to torture and kill 'em
Is her delight they say.
An evening spent with Hannah sitting on your knees
Is like being in Alaska in your B.V.D.'s
That's Hard Hearted Hannah, the vamp of Savannah G-A

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