Chord Req: Cock-a-Doodle I'm Off My Noodle

Subject: Chord Req: Cock a Doodle
From: clueless don
Date: 26 Oct 07 - 09:04 AM

Hi! I have been enjoying a song called "Cock a Doodle", recorded by Eamonn Coyne and Kris Drever on their "Honk Toot Suite" album. The words are (at least approximately)

Oh, Cock a Doodle
I'm off my noodle
I'm done with wearing a frown!
My baby's back...
my baby's back!
Oh, Cock a Doodle
I'm off my noodle
my arms will soon be 'round
my baby's back ...
my baby's back!
How I missed her, missed her
when she went away.
Gonna kiss her, kiss her
more 'n more everyday!
Cock a Doodle
I'm off my noodle
I'm done with dressing in black!
My baby's back ...
my baby's back!

I would love to learn chords for this song. The arrangement as played by Eamonn and Kris (as if I knew them enough to call them by their first names!) has a similar feel, to my ear, to Jesse Fuller's "San Francisco Bay Blues". There is a mudcat thread discussing the chords for that song here , and I will see if I can adapt those chords to Cock a Doodle. But does anyone else actually know Cock a Doodle, and can provide chords? Many thanks!

Don

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Cock a Doodle
From: Peace
Date: 26 Oct 07 - 10:22 AM

The title seems to be

"Cock-A-Doodle, I'm Off My Noodle"

That may help with searches. In a hurry just now.

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Cock a Doodle
From: Peace
Date: 26 Oct 07 - 10:58 AM

"HARRY RESER'S SIX JUMPING JACKS Retreival 79048 1926-1930 쳌œ CD $16.98
24 tracks of jazz with a novelty flavor featuring group led by tenor banjo wizard Harry Reser with varying personnel including Sam Lewis/ trombone, Larry Abbott on clarinet, alto sax and kazoo, Bill Wirges/ piano and harmonium, Tom Stacks/ drums, Tommy Gott/ trumpet and others. With titles like Say Mister! Have You Met Rosie's Sister, Cock-a-doodle, I'm Off My Noodle, My Baby's Back and There's a Trick In Pickin' A Chick-chick-chicken you know you're in for something that's not too serious but all these guys are good musicians and the music is a lot of fun. Beautifully remastered by Harry Coster with detailed notes by Mark Berresford."

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Cock a Doodle
From: Sky Sailor
Date: 26 Oct 07 - 11:29 PM

I haven't heard the whole thing, but from a sample I found the chord progression sounds quite simple. Try I - V - IV - I - V7 - I.
So in C it would be:

Oh, [C]Cock a Doodle
I'm [G]off my noodle
I'm [F]done with wearing a [C]frown!
My baby's [G7]back...
my baby's [C]back!

There wasn't enough of the middle 8 to get the full tune, but it probably goes to VIminor (then IV - III7)

In C, try permutations on Am, F, E7

Hope this gets you going

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Cock a Doodle
From: catspaw49
Date: 26 Oct 07 - 11:39 PM

I think its best to always keep your doodle cocked......and your cock well doodled for that matter.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Cock a Doodle
From: Sky Sailor
Date: 26 Oct 07 - 11:44 PM

Unless you play a bass concertina while seated!!

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Cock a Doodle
From: clueless don
Date: 30 Oct 07 - 09:01 AM

Thanks to everyone for the information. Special thanks to Sky Sailor for the chords!

Don

Subject: Lyr Add: COCK-A-DOODLE I'M OFF MY NOODLE
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 30 Apr 17 - 02:26 AM

From the sheet music which is visible in this video at YouTube:


COCK-A-DOODLE, I'M OFF MY NOODLE (MY BABY'S BACK)
Words & music by by Howard E Johnson, Al Sherman & Charles Tobias, ©1926.

I was blue, broken hearted,
Oh, so blue, when we parted,
Never though my baby'd go away.
Skies were gray; now they're lighter,
And today, things are brighter.
I feel just like shouting, shouting hooray!

Cock-a-doodle! I'm off my noodle; I'm through with wearing a frown.
My baby's back; my baby's back.
Cock-a-doodle! I'm off my noodle, and soon my arms will be 'round
My baby's back, my baby's back.
I've made my mind up, mind up, we were all though before,
But now I'll wind up, wind up, loving her more and more.
Cock-a-doodle! I'm off my noodle; I'm all though dressing in black,
'Cause baby's back; my baby's back.

Cock-a-doodle! I'm off my noodle; I'm simply walking on air.
My baby's back; my baby's back.
Cock-a-doodle! We'll bill and coodle; I've bought a new morris chair
For baby's back, my baby's back.
Oh, how I missed her, missed her, while she was far away!
I longed to kiss her, kiss her, more and more ev'ry day.
Cock-a-doodle! I'm off my noodle; I'm making up for it now.
My baby's back; my baby's back.

Cock-a-doodle! I'm off my noodle; I'm through with wearing a frown.
My baby's back; my baby's back.
Cock-a-doodle! I'll spend a boodle and buy a beautiful gown
For baby's back, my baby's back.
Oh, how I love her, love her, face is so cute and round.
There's so much of her, of her, only three hundred pounds!
And when we go to a movie show, you know, all that people can see
Is baby's back, my baby's back.

[Early recordings were made by: B. A. Rolfe & His Palais d'Or Orchestra, Bill Perry's Entertainers, California Ramblers, Evelyn Preer & Her Gang, Golden Gate Orch, Happiness Boys (Billy Jones & Ernest Hare), Harry Raderman's Orchestra, Harry Reser's Six Jumping Jacks, Hotsy Jarvis (Preer), Hooley Aloha's Vikings, Jack Kaufman, Night Club Orch (Reser), Peerless Dance Orchestra, Pennsylvania Syncopators, Plantation Players, Ruth Etting, Six Hayseeds, The Georgians, The Okeh Kut-Ups, Tom Stacks & His Minute Men, 7 Little Polar Bears.]