Ration Blues
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| "Ration Blues" | |
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| Single by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five | |
| B-side | "Deacon Jones" |
| Released | December 1943 |
| Recorded | October 1943 |
| Genre | Jump blues |
| Length | 3:04 |
| Label | Decca |
| Songwriter(s) | Louis Jordan, Antonio Cosey, Collenane Clark |
"Ration Blues" is a song written by Louis Jordan, Antonio Cosey, and Collenane Clark.[1] It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in October 1943, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 8654). The "B" side of the record was "Deacon Jones".[2][3]
The song's lyrics describe the inconveniences resulting from the U.S. government's wartime rationing of sugar, meat, jelly, rubber, gasoline, and other consumer products.[4][5] It opens with the line: "Baby baby baby, what's wrong with Uncle Sam? He's cut down on my sugar, now he's messin' with my ham."[5]