JAW, JAW, YAP, YAP, YAP!
(Esther Van Scriver / Shelby Darnell / Bob Miller)


Loy Gordon & His Buckeye Buddies - 1949
Texas Jim Robertson & The Panhandle Punchers - 1950



A man is a fool from the day he's born
And it lasts until he dies
There's always a woman with wiles and snares
He can never escape, though he tries

She'll blink her eyes like a moonstruck cow
And wiggle herself at hearts
And before he knows it, he's a married man
And then his trouble starts

Jaw-jaw, jaw-jaw-jaw, yap-yap-yap-yap-yap
A woman's tongue is the devil
When it's hung in the middle and wags both ends
Jaw-jaw, jaw-jaw-jaw, yap-yap-yap-yap-yap
A woman can drive a good man nuts
With her jaw and a yap-yap-yap

(Instrumental Break)

He walks to the altar with a smile on his face
And meekly says, "I do"
And a knot is tied, but it's around his neck
It's a knot he can't undo

A lyin' kiss and a week of bliss
And the sucker is doomed for life
He finds he's married to a chatterbox
Instead of a lovin' wife

Jaw-jaw, jaw-jaw-jaw, yap-yap-yap-yap-yap
A woman's tongue is a devil
When it's hung in the middle and wags both ends
Jaw-jaw, jaw-jaw-jaw, yap-yap-yap-yap-yap
A woman can drive a good man nuts
With her jaw and her yap-yap-yap

(Instrumental Break)

There must be a place in the sweet by and by
Where a man can eventually go
Where a woman will only be allowed two words
A respectful "yes" or "no"

Oh, in that beautiful place where a man is the boss
And his spirit can soar and sing
He can do as he pleases and never hear a yap
Oh death, where is thy sting

Jaw-jaw, jaw-jaw-jaw, yap-yap-yap-yap-yap
A woman's tongue is a devil
When it's hung in the middle and wags both ends
Jaw-jaw, jaw-jaw-jaw, yap-yap-yap-yap-yap
A woman can drive a good man nuts
With her jaw and her yap-yap-yap



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle -April 2017)