How D'You Do My Baby 1909 GH Elliott

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Feb 2007
2007

A coon took a trip
on a great big ship
but as soon as the vessel
began to dip
Ohhoh, my! Ohhoh, my!
Ohh-ohhoh, my!
He felt so ill
that he couldn't sleep still,
and the captain said:
"What's the matter, Bill,
with your Ohhoh, my!
Ohhoh, my!
Ohh-ohhoh, my?"
Said Bill: "It's the sea,
and it don't suit me,
on a cannibal island
I'd sooner be."
So they landed him
on one the very next day,
when he got ashore,
a maid he saw,
and he lost his heart to her, what's more,
so he raised his hat
and politely had to say:

How d'you do, my baby?
How do you do?
You're the nicest lady I ever knew.
I can buy you swell clothes
and diamonds too,
how do, my little darky gal,
how do?

How d'you do, my baby?
How do you do?
You're the nicest lady I ever knew.
I can buy you swell clothes
and diamonds too,
how do, my little darky gal,
how do?

But things looked blue,
for the king came in view,
and he wanted Bill
for an Irish stew,
Ohhoh, my! Ohhoh, my!
Ohh-ohhoh, my!
Thought Bill: "Great Scott!
I must quit this spot,
or I shall look queer
in the cooking pot
with my Ohhoh, my! Ohhoh, my!
Ohh-ohhoh, my!"
But the maid, with a smile, said:
"Stay a while,
for it's you who must rule
this cannibal isle."
So he faced the king
with a razor in his hand;
But the king was wise,
he blinked his eyes,
and he flew like the wind
to their surprise,
then said Bill to her
in a manner calm and bland:

How d'you do, my baby?
How do you do?
You're the nicest lady I ever knew.
I can buy you swell clothes
and diamonds too,
how do, my little darky gal,
how do?

How d'you do, my baby?
How do you do?
You're the nicest lady I ever knew.
I can buy you swell clothes
and diamonds too,
how do, my little darky gal,
how do?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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How D'You Do My Baby 1909 GH Elliott
Words & Music by Alf J.Lawrence & G.H.Elliott
© 1909 by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.  London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 14 February 2007 at 7.47pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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