Lyrics from the sheet music at Mississippi State University:


ALL SHE'D SAY WAS "UMH HUM"
"Van and Shenck's terrific hit in the fourteenth edition of Ziegfeld Follies"
Words and music by King Zany, Mac Emery, [Gus] Van and [Joe] Shenck; ©1920.

1. I never cared for birds or flowers or buzzing of the bees
    Until today, until today.
I never cared for movie stars or lovesick melodies
    Until today, until today.
I met someone who
Thrilled me through and through.
I'll confess I met my Waterloo.

CHORUS 1: Like a sweet cooin' dove,
I'm just bubbling with love,
    Umh-hum, umh-hum.
For my sweet baby girl
Sets my brain in a whirl,
    Umh-hum, umh-hum.
Oh, her beautiful eyes
And her wonderful smile
Have me hypnotized.
Oh, she's driving me wild.
When I patted her hand,
Why, she thought it was grand,
    Umh-hum, umh-hum.
Then I started to sing
'Bout a cute wedding ring,
    Umh-hum, umh-hum.
I told her of my dream about a bungalow.
I felt myself a-slippin' when she said: "Let's go."
I just fainted away
When I heard her say:
    "Umh-hum, umh-hum."

2. I always loved my home and swore that I would never roam,
    Until today, until today.
And ev'ry night at eight o'clock, my mother tucked me in my cot
    To stay, until today.
Mister Cupid's dart
Pierced my lonely heart.
Single life and I just had to part.

CHORUS 2: Oh, I'm all out of breath.
I'm just tickled to death,
    Umh-hum, umh-hum.
For today is the day
That I took her away,
    Umh-hum, umh-hum.
As we walked down the aisle,
It was just like a dream.
She was chuck full of smiles
When I called her my queen.
Oh, the parson was grand
When he joined hand in hand,
    Umh-hum, umh-hum.
Ev'rything that he said,
She just nodded her head:
    "Umh-hum, umh-hum."
We started on our honeymoon just side by side.
I pressed her little hand and then I softly sighed:
"Are you sleepy, my dear?"
Then she cuddled up near:
    "Umh-hum, umh-hum."


You can hear Jones & Hare's recording at the Internet Archive. They stick pretty close to the lyrics given above, but the part in italics is omitted and replaced with a short instrumental break.