I LIFT UP MY FINGER AND SAY "TWEET TWEET"
From the London Musical Comedy "Love Lies" (1929)
(Leslie Sarony)

Stanley Lupino - 1929
Gracie Fields - 1929
Leslie Sarony - 1929
Tommy Handley - 1929
Betty Fields - 1929
Eddie Cole - 1929
Jack Hylton & His Orch. (vocal: Leslie Sarony) - 1929
Al Starita & The Piccadilly Players (vocal: H. Shalson) - 1929
Dajos Béla's Orch. (vocal: Rex Allen) - 1929
Paul O'Montis - 1929 (German title "Nanu, schönes Fräulein, so allein?")
The Two Jazzers - 1929 (                        "                   "                 "          )
Ben Berlin & His Orch. - 1929 (              "                    "                 "          )
Saxophonorchester Dobbri (Instr.) - 1929 (                 "                 "          )

Also recorded by:
Max Raabe & The Palast Orch.; Ivor Biggun; George Mitchell Minstrels.





As recorded by STANLEY LUPINO:

Some people make a fuss when a thing goes wrong
Some start to swear and cuss, others sing a song
I don't do either, that's all naphoo (sic)
When a thing goes wrong with me, this is what I do

I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" 
And there's no need to linger when I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

I just can't curse 'cause it makes me feel worse
And I cannot suck my thumb
So I lift up my finger and I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

Some people say "Tut-tut", others say "Dash-dash"
Some call for beef or mutt, others saus and mash
If in the hotel, waiters are slow
Do I thunder what the, who the, why the, how the, no

I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" 
And there's no need to linger when I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

And if the cats at night are starting to fight
Do I stand by, deaf and dumb
No, I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

And if a girl says, "Dear, I am lost around here"
Do I stand by, deaf and dumb
No, I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" 


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As re-recorded by LESLIE SARONY in 1980:

Some people make a fuss when a thing goes wrong
Some start to swear and cuss, others sing a song
I don't do either, that's all naphoo (sic)
When a thing goes wrong with me, this is what I do

I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" 
I don't need to linger when I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

When the wife tells me where I ought to be
Do I look all meek and glum
No! I lift up my finger and I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" 
I don't need to linger when I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

When the baby screams and shatters my dreams 
Do I look all sour and glum 
No! I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" 
I don't need to linger when I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"

When the golf I duff and get in the rough
Do I start to cuss like some
No! I lift up my finger and I say 
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2017)