THAT RHYTHM MAN
From "Connie's Hot Chocolates"
Words by Andy Razaf; music by Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Brooks. ©1929.
As recorded by Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, 1929.

Now the trees all sway to rhythm,
And the children play to rhythm.
All the birdies flap their wings in rhythm too.

All the breezes blow to rhythm,
And the rivers flow to rhythm.
Ev'ry flower nods in rhythm all day through.

Ev'ry dance and ev'ry melody
Acts according to his recipe.

Ev'rybody walks to rhythm.
Ev'rybody talks to rhythm.
Seems the world can't do without that rhythm man.


Other early recordings were made by:
Louis Armstrong, 1929.
Duke Ellington & His Memphis Men, 1929.
Billy Cotton, 1930.
Chick Webb and His Orchestra, 1934.