I’m so bored with it all, Though you’re so strong and tall, When you carress me, You treat me like a dove. Can’t you see it’s my desire To be kissed ’til I’m on fire: I want a great big jungle man to love. Be a little savage with me. Scratch me, bite me- Oh Daddy! Squeeze me tightly- Oh Daddy! Teach me all that love can be. Be a little savage with me. Pinch me, fight me- Oh Daddy! Shake me nightly- Oh Daddy! Beat me if we don’t agree. I’ve been so demure, Shy and sweet and pure. Never even gave a kiss away; Now my heart is beating in the wildest way. Put me through the third degree. Take me, break me- Oh Daddy! Hold me! Make Me! Oh Daddy! Be a little savage with me.
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972), "Be a Little Savage with Me", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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