JUST GIVE ME A MAN 
Mabel Scott / Rene

Mabel Scott  rec 1946


He can snore like a walrus, be blind as a bat,
Have halitosis, hair on his head like a mat!
Love them 'burgers, I won't even mind that,
Ooh-ooh-ooh, just gimme a man!

He can drink his bad bad bad whisky till it runs from each pore,
Fills up the house, breaks down my front door!
I'll take all my money, go out and buy him some more;
Ooh-ooh-ooh, just gimme a man!

I won't ever stand on formality
If he's the portrait of an ape,
Just as long as he smiles at me,
And keeps himself in shape, I am his!

What if he's feeble, no teeth in his head,
Both legs broken and he's almost dead?
Wheel him in, wheel him in, I'll take him out of the red! 
Ooh-ooh-ooh, just gimme a man!

I've prayed for a honey, or Mister Five By Five,
He van be conscious or unconscious, dead or alive!
Bring him in, bring him in, I'll help him do the jive!
Ooh, just gimme a man!

If you please,
Donnez moi, s'il vous plait, un homme!
(this is French!)
Just gimme a man!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - July 2009)