OR WHAT HAVE YOU?
>From the Broadway Revue "The Little Show" (1929)
(Music: Arthur Schwartz / Lyrics: Howard Dietz)


Arden/Ohman Orch. (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1929
Al Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Frank Munn) - 1929
The Piccadilly Players (vocal: Ermine Calloway) - 1929


June brings the roses that seem to say
"Come on, be gay, the summer's coming"
It's just the season when my heart begins a-humming
"Time to start making hay"

That is the reason I sit and dream
And watch the stars that shine above me
But still it's not much fun
When there's only one

I want a place to spoon, a girl, a moon
Or what have you?

A walk among the trees, a hand to squeeze
Or what have you?

I'm a romantic whimsical thing
Bothered by thoughts of spring
Little birds cooing make me long for wooing

I want a rendezvous, a kiss or two
Or what have you?

I'd like to own a part of some nice person's heart
Someone's arms always near
Someone's voice to call me "dear"
I want to find romance and love
Or what have you?

A wedding cake to slice, a ring and rice
Or what have you?

Little garden, little white gate
Where a girl loves to wait
Watching and yearning for someone's returning
And neighbours dropping in for tea or gin
Or what have you?

Another pair who've found what makes the world go 'round
At the start only two
But before the year is through
Perhaps we'll have a dog or cat
Or what have you?



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2016)