PUDDIN' HEAD JONES
(Al Bryan / Lou Handman)

Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees - 1933
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (vocal: Peggy Healy) - 1933
Don Redman & His Orch. (vocal: Chick Bullock) - 1933
Joe Haymes & His Orch. - 1933
Fran Frey & His Orch. - 1934
Hal Kemp & His Orch. (vocal: Skinnay Ennis) - 1934
Ozzie Nelson & His Orch. - 1934
Bonnie Poe (feat. in the short film "Ramblin' Round Radio Row") - 1934




As recorded by FRAN FREY & HIS ORCH.:

There was a most peculiar kid in our town
Was always late for school
He never learned to tell a verb from a noun
And always broke the rules
Though they looked upon him as a clown
Yet he wasn't such a fool

Oh, Puddin' head Jones was fat and funny
Dumber than sticks and stones
Now that is just why the kids all called him
Woodenhead, Puddin' Head Jones

He couldn't spell Constantinople
Didn't know beans from bones
All those pencils and books, they were never made for
Woodenhead, Puddin' Head Jones

Teacher told his mother she would take him right in hand
And teach him a thing or two
Like his older brother he began to understand
He learned everything that she ever knew

All of the kids to the teacher carried
Candy and ice cream cones
But who do you think the teacher married
Woodenhead, Puddin' Head Jones

(Orchestral Interlude)

After he got married, he went out and got a job
And kept at it night and day
Money stuck to him as close as corn upon the cob
He never spent it in a cabaret

Stock market crashed, then came depression
Bankers cut down their loans
But who do you think had all the money
Woodenhead, Puddin' Head
Woodenhead, Puddin' Head Jones


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ADDITIONAL VERSE:

His spelling was bad as spelling could be
He spelled cat with a K
He saw that he and the teacher could not agree
So he threw his books away