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lO MODERN SONGS — COMPLETE WITH WORDS & MUSIC

Compiled and Edited by JOE DAVIS

CONTENTS

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WHERE C A N I FIND A CHERRY?........................................ 3*4

SHFS NINE MONTHS GONE — FROM HOME....................5*6

YOU’V E GOT TO USE SOME SCIENCE..............................7*8*9

SHAKE YOUR C A N ......................................................... 10*11*12

THEY’RE BOTH SATISFIED W ITH THEIR BABY.............13*14

VICE V E R S A ............................................... 15*16

IT S GONNA BE A LONG HARD W IN T E R .....................17*18

ANTIQUATED P A P A ................. 19-2021

SWEET FA T M A M A .................................... 22-23

HOUSE M A N ............ . . . ....................... 24*25*26

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WHERE CAN I FIND A CHERRY?
(Noveltv Sone*) Words and Music by
y ^ ANDY RAZAF and
PAUL DENNIKER
Moderato
VOICE

saw door

what I heard him

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 CHORUS

WHERE CAN I FIND A CHER. RY, for

on the block, He laughed and said “ I’ve none in stock;’’ “WHERE

CAN I FIND A CHER-RY for WHERE

EXTRA CATCH LINES,

1. I. asked the ice-m an if he knew,
He said “I’d like to find one, too.”

2. There’ll never be a substitute,

For this most rare and precious fruit.

3 . I walked for miles through all the rain,

I even tried on Maiden Lane.

4 . Now I’ve got cream and n u t s galore,

A cherry’s what I’m look in ’ for.

5. Last night I heard an old maid sigh,

fiI have one, but it s old and dry.”

6. A cherry’s good at any price,

But vou can’t use the sam e one tw ice.

Where Can I Find &c.- 2

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SHE’S NINE MONTHS GONE-FROM HOME
(Novelty SongT) Words and Music by
ANDY RAZAF and
PAUL DENNIKER
Valse Tempo

worn hood so Then came Cit

school smart and She would made some

loved her, soon trayed

cloth-in?,. came life:

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 CHORUS

p -f
SHE’S NINE MONTHS FROM HOME NINE MONTHS

Now SHE’S NINE MONTHS GONE FROM HOME

roam? loved the

NINE MONTHS GONE FROM HOME HOME

She’s NINE Months 4 c - 2

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YOU’VE GOT TO USE SOME SCIENCE
(Novelty Sons:) Words and Music by
ANDY RAZAF and
PAUL DENNIKER
Moderato

cor-ner, b y the door, Where I had it once be-fore

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 My ex-press -man got the same trunk in some-how, now

CHORUS %

YOU’VE GOT TO USE SOME SCI-ENCE,Ifyou want to get it m Get right down to bus-ness, and

don’t stand there and grin Hold it where you are

Push it slig h t-ly for-ward But dont shove too far: Now just keep up your cour. age, look

out jdon’t hurt your hack, 11 calls for time and p a -tien ce to learn the pro-per knack; That

mg look s _nar - row when you

Youve Got To Use &c.- 3

PATTER

771P I can see you dont know what it’s to do is work it

(ffgure)

First lets try it side-ways,then we’ll Slide it up-ward slow-ly, press a

(figure)

lit - tie more I know you can make it, it’s been

Youdont have to meas-ure it, Its not too wide trunk in-side; YOU’VE
D. S.al Fine
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SHAKE YOUR CAN Words and Music by
(Novelty Song) ANDY RAZAF and
PAUL DENNIKER
Moderato
VOICE

sis-ters of the Ea-gle Rock fouri- da-tion, Were out to raise ten thou-sandormore

S is-ter John-son thrilled the con - gre

wake up

Cause needs ev- ry pen-ny you can miss

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CHORUS

just go out and SHAKE YOUR CAN An jeas-y mon-ey mak-in*plan

Shake it longe-nough and they will drop it in your cup, Show them plen-ty ac-tion andthey soonwillfillit up; So

shake it fast and shake it slow All up and down and to and f ro

cor - ner, ev . nau - way, ev

break it when shake it, e:iv

show it, let them kuow it, that you’re nev- er fail to get your man
get 'em if you let 'em know your have the cash right in their hand

you go out and SHAKE YOUR CAN

you can real - ly SHAKE Y'OUR CAN

Shake Your Can - 3

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PATTER

You’ll find out now- a - days to in-ter est a man Youve got to know just when and bow to

SHAKE YOUR CAN

if your shak- ins weak they’re gon-<na there is so much com- p e -ti-tio n

can ifyou will use it right is your best friend,— Fof it will make a liv-ing for you till the end— You can

I). S. al Fine
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NOW THEY’RE BOTH SATISFIED WITH THEIR BABY
(Novelty Songf) Words and Music by
SID GRE£N and
SPENCER WILLIAMS
Moderato
VOICE

new. lv mar-ried right next door to

stork wise old bird,when the Kid grew up, this is what I heard

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both sa - tis - fied

both sa - tis - fied
both sa - tis - fied

foot - ball he’d plaj^_ Some-times knit and c ro c h -e t^ Lord! help the
love and in sports Oh yes he al - ways wins Most peo - vie
some an - gel child,. Lis - ten he ain’t no bluff Some - times he?s

Sail - ors if he comes their way; One n^ght at a i par - ty, down
think that he should have been twins; Used to sing: high] class songs with
tim - id and some­ times he’s rough Each night when he {comes home lays

in a neigh-boA house, he pulled up his pants and

ten - or voice and how; But now since he's in the
his clothes on the chair; Then down on his knees with

Slower
mouse; "hand-some as John B ar- ry- more, but L ar- n - more, So they re
now;” see his pic-ture here’s the dope, It’s fair- y soap, So they re
pray’r; all day long he sings and sings,"my pair of wingsJSo they’re
. /T\

Now ThV r* Both Satisfied- 2

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VICE VERSA
(Novelty Song) Words and Music by
ANDY RAZAF
Moderato
VOICE

Half of the world here does-n t know a - bout the oth-er The one who spoke these

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time- ly words sure said a p a r- a - graph; Of all the prob-lems that ex-ist,There

is - n t one like Now who can tell a M is-terfrom a Miss?.

CHORUS

N oth-ing here per p lex -es like the sex - es For

N oth-ing here per plex- es like the sex . es TheraYa

things are VICE___ VER-SA now. a - davs;. In spite of all we

man - y things that on - ly doc-tors know; A boy will fill w ith

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can’t tell who is who, ma - ny folks have VI- CE VER-SA

blush just like a bride you should say “Hel- lo Miss So and

m . stance ma nos,
ma - nv la - sion

While m a- ny girls pre fer to sing the b a ss;.

To wear a full mus tache and man-nish clothes

when you see them switch don’t know which is which, A broth-er now can
ma - ny girls and b9Ys >. now ex - chang-ing: toys, W hat n a - turehad in

take his sis-ters

mind, no-bod-y knows

Vice Versa - 2
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IT’S GONNA BE A LONG HARD W INTER
(Novelty Song)
W ords and Music By
ANDY RAZAF and
Moderate PAUL DENNIKER

CHORUS (Slowly)

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gon-na need more heat, and when the ground is cov-ered up w ith
may be fat and flab- by but I’m
in a cold a - part-ment I’m a
price of coal is go - ing up be -

snow and ice,, great big fat warm ma-ma will be might - y nic e,
far from old,, I’ll be awf - ’ly hand-y when the weath-eris cold,
per- feet cure, can de-pend on me to raise the temp - ’ra - ture,
yond a doubt I can stop your wor-ries when your fuel gives out,

now, (while I’m o - pen) Youd now, now

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ANTIQUATED
™
PAPA Words and Music by
(Sophisticated Mama) ANDY RAZAF and
PAUL DENNIKER
Moderato
VOICE

She: Look here Pa - pa youve be - come an aw - tui

He: L ist - en Ma - ma, I feel just as bored as
I

won - der w haj on earth you th in k IVe

nev - er un - der - stand the fun - nv

chair with
g*in and

have been an ov - en, out youve lost your heat

e:et home ot night you’re tired and all worn out:

CHORUS

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(She) You re just a lot of breath and britch-es gone to waste, From

your neck downyouxe dead,you have-nt got no taste,—(He)You

Im dis - creet care-ful when and where and

In these mo-dern- is - tic timesyoure out of date,

gen - tie - man will leave a la - dy in d is -tr e s s
ought-a trav- el more and get the mo-dem wayr

cause I like my w h isk - ey and m y lov->in straight? (She) AN-TI-QUAT-ED PA-PA/ZZnSo.

me the wo-men all put up theii
micht be true but I don’t Par- iez- vous Fran-ca is

Antiquated Papa - 3
PATTER

par-lors you know noth-in, And in bou- doirs less, fall down in a love scene youhave
trou-ble with you is, youve got a queer com-plex, here’s where “AN-TI-QUAT-ED PA-PA”

no fin- esse^_ You have-nt got the pep my modern ways re-quire,_ IVe gottohavea p a .. pa that is
dou-ble checks With all that fan-cy fu- tur- is - tic stun you’ve got,— Youie just alotofsmokeyourfcrnr-ce

a ton - ic and a w ork- out at the gym,

be ed - u - c a - ted and per haps you know,

have-nt got the pro-p^r v i-g o r, push and vu day I mar-riedyou I thought I
this and that; your these and those and so and so you’d look bet-ter with a good cook

had a she ik stead I got som e-b od- y Just to pat my cheek,.n c . r .lf
book in - stead man will al wavs zo> where he can get good bread nc
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SWEET FAT MAMA
(Novelty Song) Words and Music by
ANDY RAZAF
Moderato
VOICE

w f If I weighed aton,Iwould-n’t wor-ry, Dont

mind my size a bit, In fact I’m proud of it You can’t con-tra-dict me,when I

CHORUS

SWEET FAT My weight dont wor-ry me, ’Cause I can sat- is-fy my man;

1. If you hang a - roun a - wnu learn a lo t,_

2.Just he - cause I cant sit on dad - dy’s lap,-,
3-May - be I move slow - er, hut don’t go wrong

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IVe got ev - ry - thing a skin - ny ma - mas

When he wants to love me, that’s no hand - i
When you take it eas - v, you las' twice as

SWEET FAT MA-MA, My weight don t w or- ry me, Cause I can s a t-is-fy my man

PATTER

y wom-an,tho’she’s fat can make the grade, ut she’s got to know there’s tricks in ev-’ry trade

When you see an ap-ple on a tree up high, _ If you want to, you can reach it

more hig-ger the roll, The more the sug~ar, the

more the h on -ey, the big-ger the cone, Th more thechick-en, the

D. S. al Fine
Sweet Fat Mama - 2
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HOLSE MAlN Words and Music by
(N oveltv Sons’) ANDY RAZAF and
^ S PAUL DENNIKER
M oderato

good HOUSE MAN; (She)Yes, you’re quits cor

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man I need must al - ways know just how to please, He's

Ma - dame, Pm. the man that you’ve been look- in for,__ Ftom
what you say Vm ver - y sure that you will do,__ But
Ma - dame when it comes to plumb - imr work, I shine,. And

got mer - gen - cies;

now aa - ver - tise no more
there’s more must make clear to you;,
haul iob that’s in mv line;.

roun my house, his dut - les quite u- mque

know that fa - mous hand- W
y man raved a- bout?
you must prom - ise in the not to frown
claim there ain’t a bet - ter man in town,

House M a n - 3
 is no knows
on mes - tic sci - 9 I could write a book, Yes,
nights are cold most an - y time you may be called, And
when you see the way i work you will a - gree That

St

long as can my needs my home is

I’m an all a - roun man, and a first class cook; And
I de - pend on you to have my ash - es hauled If
there's no oth - er HOUSE- MAN io com - pare with me ’Cause

i s

treat mem - her fam - i - ly, That’s

an y . time your hus - band’s kept a way at night, With
I should need a plumb - er and he’s not a bout, YouVe
there ain’t n o th - in’ I can’t do, I know ju st how,, (She) If

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if he proves and dem-on-strateshis worth me. (He) Well,

meright the re, you’ll know that c v - ’ry. things al - right (S/fe)From
got to stop all leaks and keep the drairifc cleaned out- (He) Now
that’s the case the job is you rs,You start right now.

House M an -3