SWELL PEOPLE
(Toomey / Grode)


George Hall & His Orch. (vocal: Dolly Dawn & Spooky Dickinson) - 1937


DD: What's the trouble with this heart of mine
SD: Is it jumpin'?  
DD: Uh-huh!
SD: Is it thumpin'?  
DD: Just what it's doin'
SD: Why, your heart is acting just like mine
BOTH: At last we know the meaning of the rhyme

DD: 
You're a million people, why, you're a crowd
I'm here to state and shout it right out loud
You're swell, swell people

SD: You've got the lure of Garbo  
DD: I think I go home
SD: The pep of Martha Raye  
DD: Oh boy! Oh boy!
DD: You're swell, swell people

SD: 
Sweet and simple as Mendelssohn
Grandeur of one ??????
DD:
Moods that sell you like Ellington
Hi-de-ho of Calloway

SD:
You've got Madonna's eyes, you put the lonely wise
You've got Miss Cleo's arms, de Milo's missing arms
DD: You're swell, in fairness you're positively scrumptious
BOTH: Super swell people

SD:
You're a million people, why, you're a crowd
I'm here to state and shout it right out loud
DD: You're swell, swell people

DD: 
You've got the eyes of Gable, and another thing
You've got the smile of Taylor and the voice of Bing
You're swell, swell people

DD:
Strong as the Rock of Gibralter
As thrilling as old new York
SD:
Grand as the faithful Niagara
Romantic as ????? ?????

DD:
You've got the swing of Bobby Jones, that's the truth
You've got the punch of Dempsey and the sock of Ruth
SD:  You're swell, stupendous, scandalously scrumptious
BOTH: Super swell people



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)