EVERYBODY'S DOIN' IT NOW
(Irving Berlin)

Robert Hale & Ida Crispi - 1912
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - 1912
Peerless Quartet - 1912
Lowe Stokes - 1928
Alice Faye (feat. in the film "Alexander's Ragtime Band") - 1938
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Edythe Wright) - 1938
Julie Andrews - 1962
Benjamin Sears & Bradford Conner - 1993
Brian Hefferan - 2004


Honey, honey, can't you hear?
Funny, funny music, dear
Ain't the funny strain goin' to your brain?
Like a bottle of wine, fine
Hon', hon', hon', hon', take a chance
One, one one, one little dance
Can't you see them all swaying up the hall?
Let's be gettin' in line

Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
See that ragtime couple over there
Watch them throw their shoulders in the air
Snap their fingers, honey, I declare
It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear, there!

Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Ain't that music touchin' your heart?
Hear that trombone bustin' apart?
Come, come, come, come, let us start
Ev'ry body's doin' it now

Baby, baby, can't you hear?
Funny, funny music, dear
Honey, don't you smile, let us rest awhile
I'm so weak in the chest, rest
Go, go, go, go get a chair
No, no, no, no, leave it there
Honey, if the mob still are on the job
I'm as strong as the rest

Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
See that ragtime couple over there
Watch them throw their shoulders in the air
Snap their fingers, honey, I declare
It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear, there!

Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Ain't that music touchin' your heart?
Hear that trombone bustin' apart?
Come, come, come, come, let us start
Ev'ry body's doin' it now












(Contributed by  - May 2007)