KEEPIN' OUT OF MISCHIEF NOW
Thomas "Fats" Waller (m) Andy Razaf (l)  1932

as rec by Dinah Washington  1957

also rec by-
Dusty Rhoades w Isham Jones & his Orch '32
Louis Armstrong & his Orch (aka The Coon-Sanders Orch) '32
Thomas "Fats" Waler '32 '37
Tommy Dorsey & his Orch '35
Vic Dickenson '53
Louis Armstrong & his All Stars '55
Barbra Streisand '63
Teresa Brewer w Earl "Fatha" Hines '78
Rebecca Kilgore w The Bobby Gordon Trio 2000
Bing Crosby



Don't even go to a movie show
If you're not by my side,
I stay home by my radio,
But I'm satisfied!
All my flirtin' days are gone,
On the level from now on!

Don't go for any excitement now,
Books are my best company.
all my opinions have changed somehow,
Old-fashioned as can be!
When you really learn to care,
There's a thrill in Solitaire!

Keepin' ou of mischief now,
Really am in love, and how!
I'm through playing with fire,
It's you whom I desire!

All the world can plainly see
You're the only one for me!
I've told them in advance
They can't break up our romance!
Living up to every vow,
I'm keepin' out of mischief now!

All the world can plainly see
That you're the only one for me!
Say I've told them, told them in advance
That they can't break up our romance!
Living up to every vow,
I'm keepin', keepin' out of mischief now!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2009)