FOOLIN' WITH THE OTHER WOMAN'S MAN
From the film "Now I'll Tell" (1934)
(Harry Akst / Lew Brown)

Alice Faye (Film Soundtrack) - 1934
Smith Ballew & His Orch. (vocal: Kay Weber) - 1934

Also recorded by: Sophie Tucker [for some reason, this 
version credits Milton Ager and Jack Yellen as the songwriters]





As performed by ALICE FAYE in the 1934 film "Now I'll Tell":

Stolen sweets are sweeter
That's the thought of every cheater
In the game of love

Worthless words are spoken
And a lifelong tie is broken
In the name of love

Each stolen kiss and each caress
May mean a moment's happiness
Just that and nothing more
What does the future hold in store

Headaches, heartaches, nerves you can't control
Conscience, conscience, tugging at your soul
That's what makes you wish you hadn't started
Fooling with the other woman's man

Scandal, scandal, it's all over town
Gossip, gossip, starts to wear you down
Ev'rybody knew you'd be outsmarted
Fooling with the other woman's man

To satisfy a vain desire
Just like a moth you play with fire
Another fool, another sinner
Although you know there's never been a winner

Shiver, shiver, you're without a friend,
Oh, weary river, that may be the end
Ten to one you'll wind up brokenhearted
No one's won out since the world began
Fooling with the other woman's man


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)


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as rec by Sophie Tucker

Stolen sweets are sweeter,
That's the thought of every cheater
In the game of love.
Worthless words are spoken,
And a lifelong tie is broken
In the name of love.
Each stolen kiss and each caress
May mean a moment's happiness;
Just that and nothing more,
But what does the future hold in store?

Headaches, heartaches, nerves you can't control!
Punches, hunches, tugging at your soul!
That's what makes you wish you hadn't started
Fooling with the other woman's man!

Sacandal, scandal, it's all over town!
Gossip, gossip, starts to wear you down!
It's a cinch you're going to be outsmarted
When you're fooling with the other woman's man!

To satisfy a vain desire,
Just like a moth you play with fire!
Anothr fool, another sinner,
You know darned well there's never, never been a winner!

Shiver, shiver, you're without a friend,
Oh yes, yes it's the river, that's where you're bound to end!
Ten to one you'll wind up broken-hearted
When you're fooling with the other woman's man!

It's eight o'clock, you hurry to
Your favourite little rendezvous;
A hideaway, and there on view
Are others who are hiding too!
It's a fool's paradise!

A gaga girl sits over there,
Angelic face and baby's stare,
Engrossed in her new love affair
Without a worry or a thought or care
In this fool's paradise!

A curtain car that must be (xxx?)
To make you feel that you're secure!
A quick embrace, then out of sight,
Home again to another night;

Of headaches, heartaches, nerves you can't control!
Punch, punch, tugging at your soul!
Believe me, no-ones's won out since the world began
When you're fooling with the other woman's man!


(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2009)