Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1927
Lyrics
Oh listen, sister, I love my mister man
And I can't tell you why,
Dere ain't no reason why I should love dat man
It must be sumpin' dat de angels done plan.
De chimbley's smokin'
De roof is leakin' in, but he don't seem to care,
He can be happy with jes' a sip of gin.
I even loves him when his kisses got gin.
Fish got to swim and birds got to fly,
I got to love one man till I die,
Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.
Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow,
Tell me I'm crazy, maybe I know,
Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.
When he goes away
Dat's a rainy day, and when he comes back
Dat day is fine, The sun will shine.
He can come home as late as can be,
Home without him ain't no home to me,
Can't help lovin' that man of mine. mine.
Recommended Citation
Hammerstein, Oscar and Kern, Jerome, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1901.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1901
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Comments
© 1927
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man,
Alfred Butt presents The Theatre Royal Drury Lane Production of: Show Boat, adapted from Edna Ferber's Novel of The Same Name, Music by Jerome Kern book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Copyright MCMXXVII by T.B. Harms (Chapell and Co. Ltd.) 50, New Bond Street, London, W.1 & Sydney
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