PATTY CAKE MAN, THE
(Ray Jordan)


Ella Mae Morse - 1944



This is the story of a baker
Who was a solid lovemaker
That meddles around with the chicks every night
But right in the middle of his pitchin'
He's got to hurry to the kitchen
To make with a cake before the dawn's early light
Oh, you should see the face of each pretty lass
When he starts a-cookin' with gas

Patty cake, patty cake, baker man
Takin' all your love on the installment plan
Got to make a patty cake in the pan
Rrrrracky-tacky-tokle-popple patty cake man

Patty cake, patty cake, baker man
It's twelve o'clock and that's the time for you to scram
Time to bake a patty cake in the pan
Rrrrracky-tacky-tokle-popple patty cake man

Midnight's just the time for love
Yet you have to scoot
But I don't mind bein' left behind
Because you're so cute, and zoot to boot

Patty cake, patty cake, baker man
Bakin' and a-makin' all the dough you can
Never baked a weddin' cake in the pan
Rrrrracky-tacky-tokle-popple patty cake man

(Instrumental Break)
Rrrrracky-tacky-tokle-popple patty cake man

Patty cake, patty cake, baker man
Twelve o'clock and that's the time for you to scram
Time to bake a patty cake in the pan
Rrrrracky-tacky-tokle-popple patty cake man

Midnight's just the time for love
Yet you have to scoot
But I don't mind bein' left behind
Because you're so cute, and zoot to boot

Patty cake, patty cake, baker man
Bakin' and a-makin' all the dough you can
Never baked a weddin' cake in the pan
Rrrrracky-tacky-tokle-popple
You're just a patty cake man!



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2018)