JELLY BEAN (HE'S A CURBSTONE CUTIE)
(Jimmie Dupre / Sam Rosen / Joe Vergis)


Pete Wendling (Instr.) - 1920
Ted Weems & His Orch. (vocal: Red Ingle) - 1936
Phil Harris & His Orch. (vocal: Phil Harris) - 1945

Also recorded by: Woody Herman; Pinky Tomlin.





As recorded by RED INGLE
with Ted Weems & His Orch., 15th May 1936, Chicago:


He's a curbstone cutie
Papa's pride and beauty
They call him Jelly Bean

Pins his hat in the middle
And crushes it down
Rolls a jelly bean till his honey is found

All the girls don't deny it
They think he's a riot
Oh, you know what I mean

Why, he can't drink Bevo Beer wine
Craves his ice cream soda all the time

He's a drugstore cutie
Sidewalk beauty
They call him Jelly Bean

He's a curbstone cutie
Pappy's pride and beauty
They call him Jelly Bean

Pins his hat in the middle
Crushes it down
And rolls a jelly bean till his honey is found

All the girls don't deny it
Think he's a riot
Oh, you know what I mean

At hard work he makes no attempt
In the army they said he's exempt

He's a drugstore cutie
Sidewalkin' beauty
They call him Jelly Bean
You said it
They call him Jelly Bean


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As recorded by PHIL HARRIS:


He's just a curbstone cutie
His mama's pride and beauty
They call him the Jelly Bean

Parts his hair in the middle
And plasters it down
Scatters little jelly beans 
All around town

Why, the girls all love it
They think he's a riot
If you know what I mean

Won't drink that Bevo Beer wine
Just eats his ice cream all the time

Curbstone cutie
Mama's pride and beauty
They call him the Jelly Bean
I mean, they call him Jelly Bean

(Instrumental Break)

Yes, the curbstone cutie
His mama's pride and beauty
They call him the Jelly Bean

Pins his hat in the middle
Then crushes it down
And rolls his jelly bean 
Until his honey is found

The girls don't deny it
They think he's a riot
If you know what I mean

Won't drink that Bevo Beer wine
Just eats his ice cream all the time

He's the drugstore cutie
Sidewalk beauty
They call him Jelly Bean
I mean, they call him Jelly Bean



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2017)