FIND OUT WHAT THEY LIKE (AND HOW THEY LIKE IT)
Words, Andy Razaf; music, Thomas "Fats" Waller. ©1929.
As sung by Lena Wilson, 1930.

VERSE: I used to wonder right along
Why I couldn't hold a man.
Ev'ry love affair went wrong
Until I changed my plan.
I'm having no more trouble now.
My daddy's nice as he can be.
Ladies, I will tell you how,
That's if you'll take a tip from me.

CHORUS 1: Find out what they like, and how they like it,
And let 'em have it just that way.
Give 'em what they want, and when they want it,
Without a single word to say.
{You've got to cater to a man, and if you don't,
He'll find some other gal to do the things you won't.}*
{A man is like a baby and it's too bad, Jim,
The day some gal is smart enough to baby him.}*
{You will lose him if you give him lollipops
When you know he's almost crazy 'bout some chops.}*
Find out what he likes, and how he likes it,
And let 'im have it just that way.

CHORUS 2: Just find out what they like, and how they like it,
And let 'em have it just that way.
Give 'em what they want, and when they want it,
Without a single word to say.
{Now if he claims his lodge is meeting ev'ry night,
It means you do not handle all your bus'ness right.}*
{Just use more sugar if he says your jam ain't sweet,
Or he will sneak for his dessert across the street.}*
Find out what he likes, and how he likes it,
And let 'im have it just that way, I say,
Let 'im have it just that way.


* A variable number of couplets can be inserted at this point in each chorus. Some singers only sing one couplet per chorus.
Another early recording was made by:
Pat Flowers, ca. 1947.