WHAT'LL YOU DO?
(Ned Miller / Chester Cohn)


Sophie Tucker (with Miff Mole's Molers) - 1927
Isham Jones & His Orch. (vocal: Eddie Thomas) - 1927
Harry Reser's Midnight Ramblers (vocal: Tom Stacks) - 1927
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders (vocal: Hal White) - 1927
Leo Reisman & His Orch. - 1927






As recorded by SOPHIE TUCKER:

You've been braggin' that you're gonna leave me
Now let me tell you you're not so smart
If you think so, honey, then believe me
You will be sorry when we're apart, 'cause honey

When you find you have nobody to miss you
Nobody to kiss you, then what'll you do
When you wait around for someone to phone you
And nobody calls you, then what'll you do

What is that I hear you say, you're going, you won't stay
You're going, let me say be on your way, but listen
Don't come back because your place'll be taken
And when you're forsaken, then what'll you do

(Instrumental Break)

I said when you weep and moan for someone to cheer you
And nobody hears you, then what'll you do
And when you wanna go somewhere that delights you
But no one invites you, then what'll you do

Even though I beg you stay, you're leaving, alright, baby, you won't stay Huh, you're leaving, well let me say be on your way, but listen
Once you go, you're gone and don't you forget it
And when you regret it, then what'll you do, do, what'll you do






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)