YOU'RE AN OLD SMOOTHIE
From the Broadway Show" TAKE A CHANCE" (1932)
(Buddy De Sylva / Richard Whiting / Nacio Herb Brown)

Ethel Merman (Stage Production) - 1932
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (vocal: Ramona Davies) - 1933
Debroy Somers Band (vocal: Dan Donovan) - 1933
Victor Young & His Orch. (vocal: Lee Wiley) - 1933
Jack Hylton & His Orch. (vocal: Pat O'Malley) - 1933
Nelson Riddle & His Orch. - 1957
Ella Fitzgerald - 1958
Ray Conniff Singers - 1959
Jimmy Clanton - 1959
Also recorded by: Margaret Whiting; Mitch Miller.


You're an old smoothie
I'm an old softie
I'm just like putty
In the hands of a girl like you

You're an old meanie
I'm a big boobie
I just go nutty
In the hands of a girl like you

Poor me, you played me for a sap
Poor you, you thought you'd laid a trap
Well dear, I think it's time you knew
You've done just what I wanted you to

Silly old smoothie
Crafty old softie
I'll stick like putty
To the hand of a girl like you


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)