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Thread #43638   Message #3819735
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-Nov-16 - 09:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Depression Era Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: HEY YOUNG FELLA (Fields/McHugh)
HEY YOUNG FELLA
Words by Dorothy Fields ; music by Jimmy McHugh, ©1933
As recorded by Ruth Etting, 1933.

VERSE: You had nothing to sing about;
The days were dreary and wet;
Had no sunshine to cling about,
Then lots of rain to forget.
You wore your flannels and stayed indoors,
Like a birdie might do.
How you shivered and played indoors,
Till one day I said to you:

CHORUS: Hey, young fella!
Better close your old umbrella.
Have a glorious day
Throwing rubbers away,
'Cause it ain't gonna rain no more.

Say, young fella!
Put your raincoat in the cellar.
While you're tying your tie,
Take a peek at that sky.
Well, it ain't gonna rain no more.

Look at that brave little rainbow,
Fighting those clouds up above.
I'm in the ring, mister rainbow,
With a horseshoe in my glove.

Hey, young fella!
Better close your old umbrella.
Let's go out in the sun,
Start havin' fun,
'Cause it ain't gonna rain no more.