YOU'VE BEEN TAKING LESSONS IN LOVE
Winston "Winky" Tharp / Grady Watts

as rec by Thomas "Fats" Waller & his Rhythm  May 8th 1935 New York

also rec by Red MacKenzie's Mound City Blue Blowers  '35


Who have you been kissin'?
Who's been teachin' you?
You've been takiin' lessons in love
>From somebody new!

Don't you lie to me, tell me the truth!

Who's your new professor
In astonomy?
Underneath the stars above,
Is he better than me?

I thought I knew a few things, girl,
That you was too young to know!
But lately you've learned some new tricks,
Ah mercy, makes me feel so real mid-Victorian!

Ah, it's not hard to figure,
Oh no, one and one makes two!
You've been takiin' lessons in love
>From somebody new, yes!

Oh, who have you been kissin'?
Who's been teachin' you?
You've been takiin' lessons in love
>From somebody new!

Who's your new professor
In astonomy?
Underneath the stars above,
Is he better than me?

I thought I knew a few things, yes,
You were too young to know!
Ah, but lately you've learned some new tricks,
Ah-ha, ah mercy, makes me feel so mid-Victorian, stop it now!

Put it there!

What?

Ah no!

Uh-huh!

You've been takiin' lessons in love
>From somebody new!
Oh, (scat), mercy!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2010)