NOBODY
(Alex Rogers / Bert Williams)

Arthur Collins - 1905
Bert Williams - 1906
Bert Williams (feat. in the Broadway Show "Ziegfeld Follies") - 1913
Shelton Brooks - 1941
Bing Crosby - 1947
Jimmy Dean - 1962
Nina Simone - 1964
Avon Long (feat. in the Broadway Show "Bubbling Brown Sugar") - 1976
Billy Daniels (feat. in the London Show "Bubbling Brown Sugar") - 1977
Audrey Morris - 1984

Also recorded by: 
The Four Lads;  Mary Coughlan; Carol Burnett; 
Ry Cooder; Max Morath: .......... and others.


When life seems full of clouds and rain
And I am full of nothin' and pain
Who soothes my thumping, bumping brain, uummm?
Nobody! 

When winter comes with snow and sleet
And me with hunger and cold feet
Who says, "Here's twenty-five cents, go ahead and get somethin' 
to eat, go on why doncha"?
Nobody!

I ain't never done nothin' to nobody
I ain't never done nothin' to nobody, no time
So until I get somethin' from somebody sometime
I'll never do nothin' for nobody, no time 

When I was in that railroad wreck
And thought I'd cashed in my last check
Who took the engine off my neck?
Nobody!

One time when things was lookin' bright
I started to whittle on a stick one night
Who cried out, "Stop now, that's dynamite"?
Not a soul! 

I ain't never done nothin' to nobody
I ain't never done nothin' to nobody, no time
So until I get something from somebody, sometime
I'll never do nothin' for nobody, no time


(Transcribed from the Bert Williams 
recording by Mel Priddle - May 2007)


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As recorded by JIMMY DEAN: 


When life seems full of clouds and rain 
And I am filled with nought but pain
Who soothes my thumpin' bumpin' brain........ Nobody!

When winter comes with snow and sleet
And me with hunger and cold feet
Who says, "Here's two bits, go eat"........ Nobody!

I ain't never done nothin' to nobody 
And I ain't never got nothin' from nobody, no time
And until I get somethin' from somebody sometime
I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody, no time

When I'm tryin' hard and schemin' a plan 
To do the very best I can
Who says, "Look at that handsome man"........ Nobody!

Well all day long things go amiss 
And I go home to find some bliss
Who's waitin' there with a lovin' kiss........ Nobody!

I ain't never done nothin' to nobody 
And I ain't never got nothin' from nobody, no time
And until I get somethin' from somebody sometime
I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody, no time


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(Contributed by  - May 2007)