to sing pornographic numbers to the habitués of 'drag parties'

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Recalling the success of Empty Bed Blues, Bessie made three sides with Lang and Williams which deliberately exploited their pornographic content. 'Race' terminology appears here and there in I'm Wild About That Thing, but such pathetic words as, 'I'm wild about that thing, yell out jing, jing, jing . . .' give the lie to their inclusion. Of similar quality is You've Got To Give Me Some with its animal comparisons, whilst the final number, Kitchen Man, though distinguished with a better tune is remarkable primarily for the extreme crudity of its metaphors. Though such material has its apologists it is hard to justify the sad stuff of these songs and the methodical manner in which they were bracketed together and purveyed. Did Bessie enjoy recording such material? She was too much of an artist not to give of her best in all she did, however poor the content.