DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF
From the film "The Stork Club" (1945)
(Hoagy Carmichael / Paul Francis Webster)
Betty Hutton (Film Soundtrack) - 1945
Hoagy Carmichael - 1946
Les Brown & His Orch. (vocal: Butch Stone) - 1946
The Pied Pipers (Radio Transcript) - 1946
Bing Crosby & The Charioteers (Radio Transcript) - 1946
Martha Tilton (Radio Transcript) - 1946
J. Lawrence Cook (Instr.) - 1946
Geraldo & His Orch. (vocal: Carole Carr) - 1947
Lopatowski Brothers Jazz Band (Instr.) - 1947
Die Tanzkapelle Des Berliner Rundfunks (vocal: Drei Wolterries) - 1948
Jack Smith - 1951
Rusty Draper - 1957
Also recorded by:
Tony Lakatos (Instr.); George Evans & The Squadronaires;
Svend Asmussen (Instr.); Barbara Lea; Mavis Rivers.
As recorded by BETTY HUTTON:
There's a doctor livin' in your town
There's a lawyer and an Indian, too
And neither doctor, lawyer nor Injun chief
Could love you any more than I do
There's a barrel of fish in the ocean
There's a lot of little birds in the blue
And 'Neither fish nor fowl" says the wise old owl
Could love you any more than I do
No! No! No! it couldn't be true
That anyone else could love you like I do
I'm gonna warn all the dead-eyed dicks
That you're the chick with the slickest tricks
And every tick of my ticker ticks for you, follow through
Tell the doc to stick to his practice
Tell the lawyer to settle his case
Send the Injun chief and his tommy-hawk
Back to little Rain-In-the-Face
'Cause you
Know! Know! Know! it couldn't be true
That anyone else could love you like I do
(No! No! No! it couldn't be true)
(That anyone else could love you like I do)
And, confidentially, I confess
I sent a note to the local press
That I'll be changin' my home address for you, follow through
Tell the doc to stick to his practice
Tell the lawyer to settle his case
Send the Injun chief and his tommy-hawk
Back to little Rain-In-the-Face
'Cause you
Know! Know! Know! it couldn't be true
That anyone else could love you like I do
No! No! No! it couldn't be true
That anyone else could love you like I do
I'm gonna send a hot communeek
To warn the boys down at Cripple Creek
That every dimple on your dimpled cheek is mine, so to speak
Tell the (doc!) to stick to his practice
Tell the (lawyer!) to settle his case
Send the (Injun chief!) and his tommy-hawk
Back to little Rain-In-the-Face (woo-woo-woo, woo-woo-woo)
'Cause you
Know! Know! Know! it couldn't be true
That anyone else could love you like I do
(Like I do)
(Like I do)
(Like I do)
LIKE I DO!
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As sung by THE PIED PIPERS on the radio
show "Songs By Sinatra" (January 1946):
There's a doctor livin' in your town
There's a lawyer and an Indian, too
Neither doctor, lawyer or Injun chief
Could love you any more than I do
There's a barrel of fish in the ocean
And a lot of little birds in the blue
"Neither fish nor fowl" says the wise old owl
Could love you any more than I do
No! No! No! It couldn't be true
That anyone else could love you like I do
I'm gonna warn all the dead-eyed dicks
That you're the chick with the slickest tricks
And every tick of my ticker ticks for you, follow through
Tell the doc to stick to his practice
Tell the lawyer to settle his case
Send the Injun chief and his tommy-hawk
Back to little Rain-In-the-Face
'Cause you
Know! Know! Know! it couldn't be true
That anyone else could love you like I do
Confidentially, I will say
I sent a note to the O.P.A.
You've got to find us a place to stay
So you take your cue
Tell the doc to stick to his psychos
Tell the lawyer I'm liable to sue
Send the Injun chief, his tommy-hawk
Back to to his pow-wow-hoo
'Cause you
Know! Know! Know! it couldn't be true, true, true
Anyone else could love you like I do
Do do do do do do
Like I do
Do do do do do do
LIKE I DO!
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2016)
