JUST A KID NAMED JOE
(Music: Jerry Livingston / Lyrics: Mack David)


Artie Shaw & His Orch. (vocal: Tony Pastor) - 1938
Jan Savitt & His Top Hatters - 1938
Bing Crosby (with John Scott Trtter's Orch.) - 1938
The Mills Brothers - 1940
Al Hibbler - 1957
Joe Hinton - 1965
Dane Vannatter - 1999

Also recorded by:
Billy Kyle; Nat Gonella; Matadorerne (vocal: Ingelise  Rune).







As recorded by THE MILLS BROTHERS:


Just a kid named Joe
What his second name is, I don't know
He sells the daily papers
So I buy all my papers from a kid named Joe

Let it rain or snow
He will greet you with a bright "Hello"
"Hello, Mister, here's your papers"
So I buy all my papers from a kid named Joe

He keeps hustlin' away, hustlin' all day
There's work to be done and no time to play
"Extra! Extra! Read the latest news"
There's a smile on his face that's a cure for the blues

Just a kid named Joe
Makes this world a better place, I know
And he sells the daily papers
So I buy all my papers from a kid named Joe

(I'm a kid named Joe)
(What my second name is, I really don't know)
(I just sell the daily papers)
And I buy all my papers from this kid named Joe

(Let it rain or let it snow)
(I will greet you with a bright "Hello")
("Hello, Mister, here's your papers")
And so I buy all my papers from this kid named Joe

(Just a kid named Joe)
You make this world a better place, I know
(I just sell the daily papers)
And I buy all of my papers from this kid named Joe


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As recorded by AL HIBBLER:


Just a kid named Joe
What his second name is, I don't know
But he sells the daily papers
And I buy all my papers from this kid named Joe

Let it rain or let it snow
He will greet you with a bright "Hello"
"Hello, Mister, here's your papers"
And I buy all my papers from this kid named Joe

Ev'ry penny he makes helps a lot
To take care of Mom, he's all she's got
"Extra!, Extra!", hustlin' all he can
For Mummy depends on her little man

Just a kid named Joe
Makes this world a better place, I know
For he sells the daily papers
And I buy all my papers from this kid named Joe

(Instrumental Break)

Ev'ry penny he makes helps a lot
To take care of Mom, he's all she's got
"Extra!, Extra!", hustlin' all he can
For Mummy depends on her little man

Just a kid named Joe
Makes this world a better place I know
For he sells the daily papers
And I buy all my papers from this kid named Joe


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SELDOM HEARD INTRODUCTORY VERSES:

Whenever I'm downhearted and ev'rything seems wrong
I always hurry to a certain street
Though I may be downhearted, it doesn't last for long
I always feel much better when I meet........

Ev'ry day you'll find him 
Standing right in the same old place
He's got a late edition of the news
He's always there to serve you.........






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2014)