GEE BUT YOU'RE SWELL
Bater / Tobias  1936

as rec by Louis Jordan w Chick Webb & his Orch  
Jan 15th 1937 New York

also rec by Benny Goodman & his Orch '36


Gee but you're swell,
When I say swell I mean you're lovely as well!
When I say lovely I mean glorious too,
I'm mad about you;
You're about the grandest thing that I ever knew!

You've got just what it takes,
And I'll admit I get the luckiest breaks!
And I mean lucky, for what else could it be
When a girl like you loves me?
I mean it, honestly gee,
But you're swell!

You've got just what it takes,
And I'll admit I get the luckiest breaks!
And I mean lucky, for what else could it be
When a girl like you loves me?
I mean it, honestly gee,
But you're swell!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2010)