HOW DO THEY DO IT THAT WAY?


Henry 'Red' Allen's NY Orch. (vocal: Victoria Spivey) - 1929


Now you say you're hungry
You might want somethin' to eat
Oh, I ain't got no bread
But I can give you some meat

Now when the rooster and the hen 
Go to the barn to play
Ah, the hen has chickens
How do they do it that way?

Ah, if you want somethin' good
You mustn't knock on wood
Just get a good man 
To look up under your hood

And when your sweetie 
Goes away to stay
If you get him back
You gotta do it that way



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2016)