I'VE GOT "IT" [BUT IT DON'T DO ME NO GOOD]
Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal / Norman

as rec by Helen Kane w Leonard Joy & his Band 
July 1st 1930 New York

also rec by Annette Hanshaw '30


Every time I get a brand new sweetie,
I'm up in the clouds and I'm flyin' high!
Then my boyfriend, he gets a brand new sweetie;
You know, I don't seem to get a break, I wonder why!

I'm a lonesome littl;e babe in the wood, oo-ooh!
I got "It", but it don't do me no good!
You know, I can't hold a man the way that I should, oo-ooh!
I got "It", huh but it don't do me no good!

I know I'm young and I'm so ambitious,
But why should I waste my charms?
I got a lot of lovin',
But who's got the lips and arms?  Oh!

I'm a girl that's been so misunderstood, oo-ooh!
I got "It", huh but it don't do me no good!

I'm a little lonesome Red Riding Hood,
I got "It", but it don't do me no good!
'Cause Mister Wolf don't play the way that he should!
I got "It", but it don't do me no good!

I'm like barrel of rare old sherry,
I'm longing to meet my fate!
I want somebody to marry,
But who wants to dissipate?  Oh!

I'm afraid that I might age in the wood!  Boo-hoo-hoo!
Oh I got "It", but it don't do me no good! Boop-oop-a-doop!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - April 2009)