Viper Mad

Sheet music for the composition was published in 1924 as "Pleasure Mad", performed by vocalist Blossom Seeley.

[2] Another version from 1924 was by Maureen Englin, with Bechet accompanying on soprano saxophone with pianist Art Sorenson, but the track was unreleased.

[3] The composition was played very frequently in the 1920s, and was "virtually a jazz standard of the day".

[7] As "Viper Mad", the lyrics celebrate marijuana use, so it is listed among jazz songs, mainly of the 1930s, that were on the same topic.

[9] The lyrics include: "Wrap your chops round this stick of tea / Blow this gage and get high with me / Good tea is my weakness, I know it's bad / It sends me, gate, and I can't wait, I'm viper mad".