I MUST HAVE THAT MAN
From the Broadway show "Blackbirds Of 1928"
(Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh)

Ben Selvin & His Orch. - 1928

Also recorded by :
Louis Armstrong; Ruby Braff; Hadda Brooks; Lillie Delk Christian; 
Eddie Condon; Barbara Cook; Kenny Davern; Duke Ellington; 
Empire Brass; Erstrand-Lind Quartet; Lars Erstrand; 
Ella Fitzgerald; Benny Goodman; Marty Grosz; Bobby Hackett;
Adelaide Hall; Billie Holiday; Jack Hylton Orch.;
International All Stars; Connie Jones; Linda Keene; 
Abbey Lincoln; Julie London; Audra McDonald; 
Metropolitan Roof Orch.; Glenn Miller; Miff Mole; Jimmy Noone; 
Valaida Snow; Jeri Southern; Jess Stacy; Maxine Sullivan; 
Kay Thompson; Joe Turner & his Memphis Men; Valaida; 
Joe Venuti & his New Yorkers; Teddy Wilson; Lester Young.


Don't want my mammy, I don't need a friend,
My heart is broken, it won't ever mend,
I ain't much carin' just where I will end,
I must have that man.

I'm like an oven that's cryin' for heat,
He treats me awful each time that we meet,
It's just unlawful how that boy can cheat,
But I must have that man.

His heart is Hades,
A lady's not safe in his arms when she's kissed
But I'm afraid that he's cooled off,
And maybe I'm ruled off his list.

I'll never desist, I need that person
Much worse'n just bad
I'm half alive and it's drivin' me mad.
He's only human, if he's to be had,
I must have that man.


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - June 2005)