From the sheet music at UCLA:


A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
Words and music by Eddie Green
New York: Pace & Handy Music Co., ©1918.

1. My heart's sad and I am all forlorn.
My man's treating me mean.
I regret the day that I was born,
And that man of mine I ever seen.
My happiness it never lasts a day.
My heart is almost breaking while I say:

CHORUS: A good man is hard to find.
You always get the other kind.
Just when you think that he is your pal,
You look for him and find him fooling 'round some other gal.
And then you rave, you even crave
To see him laying in his grave,
So if your man is nice, take my advice
And hug him in the morning, kiss him ev'ry night,
Give him plenty lovin', treat him right,
For a good man nowadays is hard to find.

2. Yesterday my heart from care was free.
I sang all through the day.
Now the blues have overtaken me
Since my lovin' man has gone away.
I tried my best to treat him nice and kind,
But now these words are running through my mind: CHORUS