NO ONE MAN IS EVER GOING TO WORRY ME
Ted Shapiro (m) Jack Yellen (l)1937

Sophie Tucker w Red Shapiro (piano) & Orch  rec 1937


If there's anything that drives me wild,
It's a woman acting like a child
Because some man has given her the air;
So what!

Girls, there's one thing we've all gotta go through,
I've had men walk out on me too,
Did it get my goat?
Huh, I should say not!
Any time that I get aired,
Believe me, I'm well prepared!

I'm strictly a one man woman,
My rule is "Safety first!".
I've always got an understudy
Who is well rehearsed!
And no one man is ever going to worry me!

I don't cheat, I don't chisel,
I believe in playing square;
When you're going out for an automobile ride,
I say it always pays to take a fare!
And no one man is ever going to worry me!

I'm a pretty good housekeeper, I'm a first class cook,
I'm as faithfull as a puppy dog!
But just the same, I've got an address book,
An address book like Selfridge's catalogue!

There's plenty of fishes in the sea,
I don't have long to wait!
And as long as I've still got my lines in the can with plenty of bait,
No one man is ever going to worry me!

Why, when a smart man buys a suit of clothes,
He gets two pairs of pantsd;
Well, a smart girl does the sanme thing
When she starts out on a romance!
And no one man is ever going to worry me!

And another thing;
As long as there's a brush man with a brush to sell,
and as long as there's a lounge in any large hotel,
No one man is ever going to worry me!

I'm a do-right gal, I don't run loose,
I'm not the kind of woman that meanders!
But just the same, if a man takes me for a goose,
He's gonna find out I'm one goose who knows her ganders!

You see, I believe in giving tit for tat,
That's the way I live!
And I'm entitled to a helluva lot of fat
For what I've got to give!
And no one man is ever going to worry me!







(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2010)