YOU WOULDN'T FOOL ME, WOULD YOU?
Ray Henderson (m) Lew Brown (l) Buddy De Sylva (l)  1928

as rec by Annette Hanshaw  
March 15th 1929 New York




You'll have to go soon,
Say you're glad you met me!
It will be so soon
That you quite forget me!
This I'll impart to you,
For it's now or never,
I give my heart to you
For ever!


You wouldn't fool me, would ya?
You shouldn't fool me, should ya!
Could you be true now, could ya,
Or would you want someone new?


Don't let me think I own ya,
Then make me wish I never never known ya!
You wouldn't fool me, would ya?
Because I'm not fooling you!


Do-doodle-oo-doop!
Arfle-offer-doop!
Don't be like that!


You wouldn't fool me, baby,
Say that you love me!
You shouldn't fool me,
You know that I love you!


Could you be true to me, dear,
For ever and ever?
Would you want someone
To tell your troubles to?


Don't let me think I'd have you
All for my own!
Gee, how I wish that we could
Be all alone!


You wouldn't fool me, would ya?
Don't take advantage of me,
'Cause I'm not foolin' you, you, oh you!












(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2011)