I HEARD
(Don Redman / Irving Mills)


Don Redman & His Orch. - 1932
The Mills Brothers - 1932
Ray Starita & His Ambassador's Band (vocal: Elsie Carlisle) - 1932
Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1932
Nat Gonella & His Trumpet (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1932
Pearl Bailey - 1958
Pasedena Roof Orch. - 1979





As performed by DON REDMAN and MAE QUESTAL 
in the 1932 Betty Boop cartoon film "I Heard" :


DON REDMAN:
Oh, I heard, yes, I heard
You know, it wasn't told to me
I only heard

Oh, I heard, yes, I heard
It wasn't told to me
I only heard

MAE QUESTAL (as Betty Boop):
You know he said that she said
But she didn't say where she got it
But if she said what he said
I think I wanta stop it

Yes, I heard
It wasn't told to me
I only heard


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As recorded by THE MILLS BROTHERS:

Oh, I heard, yes, I heard
Though it wasn't told to me, I only heard
Oh, I heard, yes, I heard
Though it wasn't buzzed to me, I only heard

Now he said that she said
That she didn't know where she got it
But he said that she said
That the Law was gonna stop it

Oh, I heard, yes, I heard
Though it wasn't told to me, I only heard
Oh, I heard (Whatd'ya hear, boy?)
Yes, I heard (Gonna tell me somethin')
Though it wasn't told to me, I only heard
(Was it keyhole business?)

Oh, I heard, yes, I heard
Though it wasn't buzzed to me, I only heard 
(Now, whatd'ya hear now?)

Now he said that she said
That she didn't know where she got it
But he said that she said
That the Law was gonna stop it

Oh, I heard (I understand), yes, I heard (Yeah)
Though it wasn't told to me, I only heard

Now, boy, you ain't heard nothin'
I overheard the same conversation last night
And it wasn't told to me, I only heard 
(Whatd'you hear, boy?)

Well, you don't have to tell nobody
Simply 'cause I overheard this
And it wasn't told to me, I only heard 
(Tell us what you heard)  

Now he said that she said
That she didn't know where to buy it
And if it ever got out again, boy
There'd be a terrible riot

Oh, I heard, yes, I heard
And it wasn't told to me, I only heard

Oh, we heard, yes, we heard
Though it wasn't told to us, we only heard
Oh, we heard, yes, we heard
Though it wasn't buzzed to us, we only heard

Now he said that she said
That she didn't know where she got it
But he said that she said
That the Law was gonna stop it

Oh, we heard, yes, we heard
Though it wasn't told to us, we only heard
Wat-dee-no-wah, wat-dee-no-wah
Wat-dee-no-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah
Now, what you heard, boy
Wat-dee-no-wah, wat-dee-no-wah
Wat-dee-no-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah
(Scatting till end)



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2016)