YOU DON'T LIKE IT - NOT MUCH
(Ned Miller / Art Kahn / Chester Cohn)


Ernest Hare & Billy Jones - 1927
Ruth Etting - 1927
Bostonian Syncopators (vocal: Arthur Fields) - 1927
The Rhythmic Eight (vocal: Eddie Collis) - 1927
Jan Garber & His Orch. (vocal: Charlie Warren) - 1927
Gene Morgan & His Loew's State Theatre Orch. - 1927
Sheridan Entertainers (vocal: Al Lynch) - 1927
The Harmonians (vocal: Robert Benjamin) - 1927
Jules Herbuveaux' Palmer House Victorians (vocal: Frank Sylvano) - 1927



Honey, baby, you look so happy to me
And I'm wondering what the reason can be
Though you hide it somehow, I can understand now
What the reason is, it's so easy to see, you show it

When I hug you and when I squeeze you
And when I please you and such
You don't like it?
No, you don't like it, not much

When I kiss you and when I tell you
Your lips are thrilling to touch
You don't like it?
No, you don't like it, not much

When I hold you close in my arms awhile
You love it
You sigh and then you smile, contented

When I press you and I caress you
And say I love you and such
You don't like it?
No, you don't like it, not much

Honey, baby, your eyes sparkle like dew
There's a secret in them I wish that I knew
Though they beg me to guess, there's no need, I confess
I can tell it by simply looking at you, you show it

When I hold you, when I enfold you
And when I scold you and such
You don't like it?
No, you don't like it, not much

When I phone you and say I'm lonely
To see you only and such
You don't like it?
No, you don't like it, not much

When I whisper sweet nothings 
In your little ear, you love it
You smile and cuddle near, contented

When I pet you and say you bet'cha
I'm glad I met you and such
You don't like it?
No, you don't like it, not much




(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2017)