CAN'T HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN
(Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Ella Fitzgerald
Also recorded by: Louis Armstrong; Mildred Bailey; Shirley Bassey;
Bunny Berigan; June Christy; Charlotte Church; Gemma Craven;
Buddy DeFranco; Irene Dunne; Judith Durham & the Hottest Band in Town;
Ava Gardner; Judy Garland; Erroll Garner; Benny Goodman; Eydie Gormé;
Stephane Grappelli; Kathryn Grayson; Billie Holiday; Lena Horne;
Dick Hyman; Joni James; Cleo Laine; Frances Langford; Peggy Lee;
Julie London; Harpo Marx; Glenn Miller; Liza Minnelli; Oscar Peterson;
André Previn; Paul Robson; Artie Shaw & his Orch.; Dinah Shore;
Barbra Streisand; Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; Toni Tennille; Elisabeth Welch;
Margaret Whiting; ..... and many more.
Oh listen, sister
I love my mister man and I can't tell you why
Dere ain't no reason why I should love dat man
It must be sumpin' dat de angels done plan
De chimbley's smokin'
De roof is leakin' in
But he don't seem to care
He can be happy
With jes' a sip of gin
I even loves him when his kisses got gin
Fish got to swim and birds got to fly
I got to love one man till I die
Can't help lovin' that man of mine
Tell me he's lazy
Tell me he's slow
Tell me I'm crazy, maybe, I know
Can't help lovin' that man of mine
When he goes away
Dat's a rainy day
And when he comes back dat day is fine
The sun will shine
He can come home as late as can be
Home without him ain't no home to me
Can't help lovin' that man of mine
He can come home as late as can be
Home without him ain't no home to me
Can't help lovin' that man the way I do,
Oh Can't help lovin' that man of mine
(Contributed/Transcribed by Bill Huntley - March 2005)
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CAN'T HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN
as recorded by Helen Morgan
with Louis Alter (piano)
& The Brunswick Concert Orchestra
conducted by Victor Young
August 8th 1932 New York
Let me lay on my back
In a forty dollar hack,
No more gin, no more rum,
For the misery's done come.
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly,
I gotta love one man till I die,
Can't help lovin' that man of mine.
Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow,
Tell me I'm crazy, maybe I know,
Can't help lovin' that man of mine.
Oh listen sister, I love my mister man,
And I can't tell you why.
There ain't no reason why I should love that man,
It must be somethin' that the angels done planned.
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly,
I gotta love one man till I die,
Can't help lovin' that man of mine.
Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow,
Tell me I'm crazy, maybe I know,
Can't help lovin' that man of mine.
When he goes away,
That's a rainy day,
But when he comes back that day is fine,
The sun will shine.
He can come home as late as can be,
Home without him ain't no home to me,
Can't help lovin' that man of mine.
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2014)
