JEAN
(Shelton Brooks)


Arden and Kortlander - 1919



All night long I can hear someone croon, "I love you Jean"
I'll go mad if they don't marry soon, you know what I mean
Ev'ry word that he whispers to her sounds mighty fine
But it chills me, and just kills me when he starts to whine

Oh, Jean, how I adore you
Jean, I'm craving for you
Jean, when first I saw you
I fell in love, that's truedle-oodle-ooo
Fell in love with you, Jean
 
The parson's waitin', why the hesitatin'
You know you won my heart with
Your brand of kisses and ev'rything
That's why I love you, Jean

Oh, Jean, how I adore you
Jean, I'm craving for you
Jean, when first I saw you
I fell in love, that's truedle-oodle-ooo
Fell in love with you, Miss Jean 

Just when I think that he's goin' home, he starts again
All this happens when I'm all alone, oh, my achin' brain
When he says, "I could die just for you", I wish he would
All this wooin' isn't doin' me a bit of good

Oh, Jean, how I adore you
Jean, I'm craving for you
Jean, when first I saw you
I fell in love, that's truedle-oodle-ooo
Fell in love with you, Jean

The parson's waitin', why the hesitatin'
You know you won my heart with
Your brand of kisses and ev'rything
That's why I love you, Jean



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2018)