JUDY
(Hoagy Carmichael / Sammy Lerner)

Hoagy Carmichael (vocal & piano)
with Artie Bernstein (bass)
and Spike Jones (drums)
Recorded May 11th 1942


If her voice can bring
Every hope of the spring,
That's Judy, my Judy!
If her eyes say "yes!",
But you're wrong in your guess,
That's Judy, my Judy!

And if you hear her call,
In a soft southern drawl,
"Hi stranger!",
That means danger!
If you're smart,
Watch your heart,
'Cause she'll upset most any fella's apple cart!

In a hundred ways
You'll be shouting her praise,
She'll let ya, she'll get ya!
And when she sees you fall,
She will tell you, "That's all!
You wretch ya!", you betcha!

Then you'll know all the heartaches
Of a fool, just like me!
If she seems a saint,
But you find that she ain't,
That's Judy, sure as you're born!

In a hundred ways
You'll be shouting her praise;
She'll let ya, she'll get ya!
And when she sees you fall,
She will tell you, "That's all!
You wretch ya!", you betcha!

Then you'll know all the heartaches
Of a fool, just like me, just like me!
If she seems a saint,
But you find that she ain't,
That's Judy, sure as you're born!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2017)