Minding My Business 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 2 Oct 2008
2008

I don't care if it snows
or if it rains and blows
I simply keep on going
whatever comes and goes.
And if it's cold or hot,
I'm not dissatisfied,
'Cause I just take care of my affairs
and that keeps me occupied.

Mindin' my bus'ness
I'm busy all the day long,
I said I'm mindin' my bus'ness
and going along.
I know it's nobody's bus'ness,
Nohow what ever I do
Somehow it's none of my bus'ness
What happens to you.
For instance,
Rockefeller never tried to make a car,
Still he's doin' fine,
Henry never fooled around with Standard Oil,
'cause it's not in his line.
I declare then,
Mindin' my bus'ness,
I know they never go wrong,
and so I'm mindin' my bus'ness,
Just going along.

Mindin' my bus'ness
I'm busy all the day long,
I said I'm mindin' my bus'ness
just going along.
Two sweethearts,
Johnny and Josie,
Right now they're smothered with grins.
They'll soon be Mr. and Mrs.
Then the battle begins,
For instance, Johnnie wants the first
to be a bouncing boy,
Then the sun will shine,
Josie has a little bit to say, and so,
She wants the other kind,
who can tell that lovey dove bus'ness
brings triplets and twins along,
Not me, I'm mindin' my bus'ness
Just going along.

My friend may have his faults,
but what he is, he is,
If he lets me have my way,
then I let him have his.
He has a great big car,
but I don't mind at all,
It may be twice as big as mine,
but mine is twice as small.

Mindin' my bus'ness
I'm busy all the day long,
I said I'm mindin' my bus'ness
and going along.
I know it's nobody's bus'ness,
Nohow what ever I do
Somehow it's none of my bus'ness
What happens to you.
For instance,
Rockefeller never tried to make a car,
Still he's doin' fine,
Henry never fooled around with Standard Oil,
'cause it's not in his line.
I declare then,
Mindin' my bus'ness,
I know they never go wrong,
and so I'm mindin' my bus'ness,
Just going along.

Mindin' my bus'ness
I'm busy all the day long,
I said I'm mindin' my bus'ness
just going along.
Two sweethearts,
Johnny and Josie,
Right now they're smothered with grins.
They'll soon be Mr. and Mrs.
Then the battle begins,
For instance, Johnnie wants the first
to be a bouncing boy,
Then the sun will shine,
Josie has a little bit to say, and so,
She wants the other kind,
who can tell that lovey dove bus'ness
brings triplets and twins along,
Not me, I'm mindin' my bus'ness
Just going along.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Minding My Business 1923
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
© MCMXXIII by Irving Berlin Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 2 October 2008 at 13.55
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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