Lyr Req: How'm I Doin'?

Subject: Lyr Req: How'm i doin'?
From: GUEST,Hoblander
Date: 08 Feb 08 - 06:39 AM

Can anybody point me in the right direction for the lyrics. The song is on Flowers of the Wildwood Cd and the artists are the AAron Sisters.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: How'm i doin'?
From: Peace
Date: 08 Feb 08 - 08:34 AM

Oh, how'm I doin'?
            [Mice:] Hey, hey!
       Twee-twee-twee-twa-twa!
       Oh, how'm I doin'?
            [Mice:] Hey, hey!
         Oh, gee, baby, oh sure!
       Now, I'm not braggin', but it's understood,
       Everything I do, I sure do good,
       Oh, how'm I doin'?
       Hey, hey,
       Twee-twee-twee-twa-twa!

    Don as the dog waiter then takes over the song:
       How'm I doin'?
       Hey, hey,
       Twee-twee-twee-twa-twa!
       Oh, how'm I doin'?
       Hey, hey,
       Oh, gee, baby, oh sure!
       Now, I'll admit I'm not the best in town,
       But I'll be the best till the best comes 'round,
       How'm I doin'?
       Mmmmmm, weh!
       How'm I doin'?
       Say, hey!
       Tweetin' twattin' myeh, myeh, myeh!

       How'm I doin'?
       Hey, hey,
       Twee-twee-twee-twa-twa!
       Oh, how'm I doin'?
       Hey, hey,
       Oh, gee, baby, oh sure!
       Say, I only meant to do a little bit,
       But you made me like it and I just can't quit,
       Oh, how'm I doin'?
       Hey, hey!
       Twee-twee-twee-twee-twa-twa!


I have no idea if this is the song you seek. It's all I could find.

Subject: Lyr Add: HOW'M I DOIN'? (Lemuel Fowler)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 09 Feb 08 - 02:15 PM

Peace apparently copied those lyrics from the web site Heptune where the transcription is said to have been made from a 1933 Betty Boop cartoon called "I Heard." That's why the voices are identified as "Dog waiter" and "mice."

Here's my transcription of a recording that you can hear at The Red Hot Jazz Archive, made by Don Redman and His Orchestra in 1932 -- the same band that made the soundtrack for the cartoon, although that was a specially-made recording that changed the lyrics from "Sadie Green" to "Betty Boop" and made a few other small changes.

I believe Heptune is mistaken in saying that Don Redman wrote HOW'M I DOIN'.


HOW'M I DOIN' (HEY, HEY)
Lemuel Fowler

I know a gal named Sadie Green,
Hottest gal in New Orleans.
She loves to dance. She loves to sing.
Say, she'll take a chance on any old thing.
The other night down at the hall, when the band would play,
She only stayed to get on that floor, boy, and this is what she'd say:

(What'd she say, Don?)

How'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Tweet, tweet, tweet, twa, twa.
Oh, how'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Oh, gee, baby, oh, shaw.
Say, I'll admit I'm not the best in town,
But I'll be best until best come 'round.
How'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Tweet, tweet, tweet, twa, twa.

I'm askin' you: how'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, twa, twa.
Oh, how'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Oh, gee, baby, oh, shaw.
I'm not braggin' but it's understood
That everything I do, I sure do good.
How'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

How'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Tweet, tweet, tweet, nyeh, nyeh, nyeh, nyeh.
Oh, how'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Oh, gee, baby, oh, shaw.
I only meant to do a little bit.
You done made me like it and I just can't quit.
How'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!) Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, twa, twa.

Oh, how'm I doin'? (Hey, hey!)

Subject: Lyr Add: HOW'M I DOIN'? (Lemuel Fowler)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 09 Feb 08 - 02:42 PM

Here's another version. This is an earlier recording, made in 1926, by vocalist Clara Smith accompanied on piano only. It's done at a slower tempo, with bluesy inflections.

Again, you can hear it at The Red Hot Jazz Archive:

HOW'M I DOIN'
Lemuel Fowler

A reg'lar gal, that Tillie Green,
The gamest gal I've ever seen.
She'll try to dance. She'll try to sing.
She'll take a chance at anything.
When her man plays the blues, you'll see Tillie play.
She'll step back and clap her hands, then you will hear her say:

1. How'm I doin'? Hey, hey! Tweet, tweet, oh, shaw.
How'm I doin'? Hey, hey! Tweet, tweet, twa, twa.
I see the moon and the moon sees me.
Please, Mister Moon, don't tell on me.
How'm I doin'? Hey, hey! Tweet, tweet, oh, shaw.

2. How'm I doin'?
[Tacit]
I only meant to do a little bit.
Done made me like it and I just can't quit.
How'm I doin', boys?

3. I said, how'm I doin'? Hey, hey! Tweet, tweet, oh, shaw.
How'm I doin'? Hey, hey! Tweet, tweet, twa, twa.
I ain't braggin' but it's understood,
Everything I do, I sure do do it good, hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
How'm I doin'? Hey, hey! Tweet, tweet, oh, shaw.

I say, tweet, tweet, oh, shaw.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: How'm I Doin'?
From: Peace
Date: 09 Feb 08 - 07:24 PM

Lol

I think you may be much closer than I was, Jim. As usual. Good one.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: How'm I Doin'?
From: GUEST,Hoblander
Date: 10 Feb 08 - 02:59 PM

Thanks folks appreciate your efforts