Martunes

I don't know the version you refer to, but I'll post from another version. There are several recordings on youtube, mostly instrumental, but you can hear the writers - Jimmy McHugh and Irving Mills as The Hotsy Totsy Boys - on the redhotjazz site: The Hotsy Totsy Boys. I've posted a transcription of their version below, with a set of chords. (I'm pretty confident of most of the words, except for the Say I've loved others... section).

Mick

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EVERYTHING IS HOTSY TOTSY NOW
(Jimmy McHugh/Irving Mills)


(Em)Take a look at me, I'm busy as a bee,
I got a lot to (B7+5)do, do, do.
(Em)I'm gonna build a home, a cozy little home,
Just room enough for (B7+5)two, two, two.
Say I'm (E7)gonna add a limb on the (Am)family tree -
(B7)Found a girl as sweet as (Em)she could be.
(Em)So everything is jake. What a lucky break!
I'm (A7)happy (*A9)as can (D7)be.

Cos I (G)got myself a (C6)brand new hotsy.
(Am7/C)I'm her totsy. (C6)She's my hotsy.
(G)Every-(Em7)thing is (Am7)hotsy-(D7)totsy (G) now. (D7)

What I did was pop the question.
She said, "What a great suggestion!"
Everything is hotsy-totsy now.

(B7)No more cryin'. (B7)No more sighin'.
(E7)I'm through with the (E7)blues.
(A7)Does she love me, (A7)turtledove me?
(D7)I'll tell the world she do, do, do.

I've got myself a brand new hotsy.
I'm her totsy and she's my hotsy.
Everything is hotsy-totsy now.

I said I've got myself a brand new totsy.
I'm her hotsy, she's my totsy.
Everything is hotsy-totsy now.


I've bought the ring for Totsy's finger
Just the thing a real humdinger
And everything is hotsy-totsy now

So long sadness, hello gladness
You're welcome I vow
Every little thing is peaches
Down in Georgia now


Cos I got myself a brand new totsy
I'm her hotsy, she's my totsy
And everything is hotsy-totsy now.

<instrumental/kazoo break>

Said I got myself a brand new hotsy
I'm her totsy, she's my hotsy
Everything is hotsy-totsy now.

And when we spoon she don't say stopsie
Don't call momsie or her popsie
Everything is hotsy-totsy now.

Say I've loved others, but O brothers
Their love was mild?
And I'm sure they're happy about my sweet perfy?
She's driving me wild

At ten o'clock I say I do
But I'm still there at half-past two
So everything is hotsy-totsy now.



Source: The Hotsy Totsy Boys (McHugh & Mills), 1925 recording


* = optional. You can simplify chords if you wish A9->A7, C6->C. If you can though, keep the B7 augmented chord (B7+5) - it will sound better than B7.