Charlie Parker, alto sax
Clyde Hart, piano
Tiny Grimes, guitar, vocal
Jimmy Butts, bass, vocal
Harold "Doc" West, drums
Romance without finance is a nuisance Baby, you know I need me some gold Romance without finance just don't make sense Mama, mama, please give up that gold You so great and you so fine You ain't got no money you can't be mine It ain't no joke to be stone broke Baby, you know I'd lie when I say Romance without finance is a nuisance Please please baby give me some gold Romance without finance is a nuisance Oh baby, I must have me some gold Romance without finance just don't make sense Oh baby, mama, mama, give up that gold You so great and you so fine You ain't got no money you can't be mine It ain't no joke to be stone broke Baby, you know I'd lie when I say Romance without finance is a nuisance