HEY, GOOD LOOKIN'
(Hank Williams)

Hank Williams - 1951
Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine - 1951
Homer & Jethro - 1953
Johnny Cash - 1957
Carl Perkins - 1958
Gene Vincent - 1958
Faron Young - 1959
George Jones - 1960
Eddy Arnold - 1961
Mose Allison - 1961
Ronnie Hawkins - 1961
Ray Charles - 1962
Dean Martin - 1962
Hank Locklin - 1964
Del Shannon - 1965
Roy Acuff - 1966
Roger Miller - 1967
David Houston & Tammy Wynette - 1967
Ernest Tubb - 1968
Norma Jean - 1969
Jim Ed Brown - 1970
Roy Orbison - 1971
Webb Pierce - 1972
Charlie Rich - 1974
Elvin Bishop - 1974
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 1975
Ray Price 1976
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - 1977
Dave Edmunds - 1977
Buckwheat Zydeco (with Dwight Yoakam and David Hidalgo) - 1990
The Mavericks - 1992
C. C. DeVille (feat. in the film "Son In Law") - 1993
Jimmy Buffet - 2004

Also recorded by:
Willie Nelson; Slim Dusty; Dave Dudley; Pat Boone; Hank Williams Jr.;
The Boogie Kings; Eamon McCann; Ace Cannon; Johnny Duncan; Mary Duff;
Norman Petty Trio; Vernon Oxford; Daniel O'Donnell; Marvin Rainwater;
The Spotnicks; Barbara Mandrell; Denny Doherty; Tennessee Ernie Ford;
Helen O'Connell; Roy Clark & Joe Pass; Loretta Lynn; Waylon Jennings;
Boxcar Willie; Roy Buchanan; Jimmy Day:..............and many others.



Say, hey, good lookin'
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?

I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancin's free
So if you wanna have fun come along with me
Say, hey, good lookin'
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

(Instrumental Break)

I'm free and ready
So we can go steady
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin'
I know I've been tooken
How's about keepin' steady company?

I'm gonna throw my date-book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page
Say, hey, good lookin'
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?


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As recorded by JIMMY BUFFET
(with CLINT BLACK, HEORGE STRAIT, KENNY CHESNEY, ALAN JACKSON & TOBY KEITH):


JIMMY:
Hey, hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' something up with me

GEORGE:
Hey, sweet baby, don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe

ALAN:
I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill

CLINT:
There's soda pop and the dancin's free
So if you wanna have fun come along with me

KENNY:
Say, hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'

TOBY:
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me

JIMMY:
Let's stir it up boys

JIMMY:
I'm free and I'm ready
Maybe we can go steady

CLINT:
How's about savin' all your time for me

KENNY:
No more lookin'

TOBY:
I know I've been tooken

ALAN:
How's about keepin' steady company

KENNY:
I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence

TOBY:
And find me one for five or ten cents

GEORGE:
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with dates

CLINT:
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on ev'ry page

ALL: Hey, hey, good lookin'
ALAN: Whatcha got cookin'
JIMMY: How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
CLINT: How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
GEORGE: How's about cookin' somethin' up with me


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As recorded by DEAN MARTIN:


(Hey, good lookin', hey, hey, whatcha got cookin')
Hey, good lookin'
Whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me.
(Hey, good lookin', a-whatcha got cookin')

Hey, sweet baby, (Sweet Baby)
Don't you think maybe (Don't you think maybe)
We could find us a brand new recipe. (Hey, sweet baby, ah-ah-aah)

I got a hot rod car and a two dollar bill
I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
And if you wanna have fun come along with me

Hey, good lookin' (Good lookin')
Whatcha got cookin' (Whatcha got cookin')
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me

(Hey, I'm free and ready)
(So we can go steady)
How's about savin' all your time for me
(Yeah, time to go steady)

(No more lookin',
I know I've been tooken)
How's about keepin' steady company
(Sweet baby, ah-ah-aah)

Throw my date book over the fence
Find me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep it `til it's covered with age
`Cause I'm writin' your name down on ev'ry page.

Hey, good lookin' (Good lookin')
Whatcha got cookin' (Whatcha got cookin')
How's about cookin' somethin' up
How's about cookin' somethin' up
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
(Hey, hey, good lookin')


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TRIVIA: It would appear that this song was influenced by the earlier
Cole Porter song of the same name that was introduced by Ethel Merman
in the Broadway show, "Something For The Boys" in 1943.

See the International Lyrics Playground entry
"Hey, Good-Lookin' (Cole Porter)"


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