WHAT DO I CARE WHAT SOMEBODY SAID
(Music: Harry MacGregor Woods / Lyrics: Sidney Clare)

Vaughn DeLeath - 1927
Lee Morse & Her Southern Serenaders - 1927
Annette Hanshaw & The Original Memphis Five - 1927
Jan Garber & His Orch. (vocal: Carole Warren) - 1927
Ben Selvin's Harmonians (vocal: Arthur Fields) - 1927
Red McKenzie's Candy Kids (aka Mound City Blue Blowers) - 1927
Ray Starita & The Piccadilly Revels Band - 1927

Also recorded by: Back Bay Ramblers




As recorded by LEE MORSE & Her Southern
Serenaders, March 17th 1927, New York:


(Yodelling)
Everywhere I go, you'll see my baby too
Strollin' the park, struttin' the avenue
Now people pass remarks, but I hear every word
Here's a few I've overheard

Somebody said, "Oh, take a look at that baby!"
Somebody said, "Oh, take a look at that boy!"
Somebody said, "Gee, but he is sure a wonderful baby
Such beautiful eyes and lips and hair, too good to be true"

Somebody said, "Well, he's a little bit silly"
Somebody said, "Sure, nothin' up in his head"
But when they rave I go, "Tee-hee"
'Cause I know he's in love with me
So what do I care what somebody said

(Yodelling)

Somebody said, "Oh, oh, oh, keep away from that baby"
Somebody said, "No, no, no, no, nobody for you
Somebody said, "I know why, but I don't like to be catty
When people do this, that, those, and other things too"

Somebody said, "Say, why, he hasn't a penny"
Somebody said, "Gosh gee-whiz, why, he hasn't a cent"
But while some folks knock and others hoot
My daddy always comes home to roost
So what do I care what somebody said



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2013)