LOVE BUG WILL BITE YOU (IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT), THE
(Pinky Tomlin)

Pinky Tomlin (with Joe Haymes' Orch.) - 1937
Jimmy Dorsey & his Orch. (vocal: Ray McKinley) -1937
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - 1937
Teddy Hill & His Orch. - 1937
Artie Shaw & His Orch. (vocal: Tony Pastor) - 1937
Fats Waller & His Rhythm (Instr.) - 1937
The Mills Brothers - 1937
Louis Prima's New Orleans Gang feat. Wingy Manone - 1937
Louis Armstrong - 1937
Adrian Rollini & His Orch. - 1937
Joe Loss & His Band - 1937
Billy Cotton & His Band (vocal: Jack Doyle) - 1937
Ambrose & His Orch. (vocal: Vera Lynn) - 1937
Jack Hylton & His Orch. (vocal: Dick Murphy) - 1937
The Two Leslies (Sarony & Holmes) - 1937
Henry Hall & The BBC Dance Orch. - 1937
Kurt Hohenberger & Sein Solisten-Orch. (Instr.) - 1938

Also recorded by:
Harry Kari & His Six Saki Sippers; The McCalmans; Max Miller.





As recorded by AMBROSE & HIS ORCH. with Vera Lynn,
Max Bacon & The Manhattan Trio, April 23rd 1937:

Listen all you people, you'd better beware,
Love's an epidemic and it's in the air!
It's a thing that gets you, even though you're very smart,
So take some good advice, go out and vaccinate your heart!

The love bug will bite you if you don't watch out,
If he ever bites you then you'll sing and shout!
You'll go - (music)
That's what love is all about!

The love bug will bite you if you don't watch out,
If he ever bites you then you'll sing and shout!
You'll go - (music)
That's what love is all about!

You can't eat, you can't sleep, you'll go crazy,
You'll just "la-de-da-de-da" all day!
If someone wants to know why you're crazy,
You'll answer "Go on, swing it baby, swing it, oh-oh-ah-oh-ah!".

The love bug will bite you if you don't watch out,
If he ever bites you then you'll sing and shout!
You'll go - (music)
That's what love is all about!

You can't eat, you can't sleep, you go crazy,
You'll just "la-de-da-de-da-de" all day!
If someone wants to know why you crazy,
You go, "De-de-de, la-de-de, de hoo-hah!".

The love bug will bite you if you don't watch out,
If he ever bites you then you'll sing and shout!
"Le-de-de-de-da-de-de, de-re-de-rai-rai!",
That's what love is all about!


(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2013)