Transcribed from vocals by Helen Kane, recorded 9/20/1928,
From Helen
Kane, the Original 'Boop-Boop a-Doop' Girl: Great Original Performances
1928 - 1930; Robert Parker's Classic Years in Digital Stereo, Louisiana
Red Hot Records, RPCD-323,
There are certain things that keep
me guessing,
Though I try real hard to find them
out,
Well, I don't understand, so I'm confessing,
That I don't know just what it's all
about.
See, I don't know the bad things from
the good,
Because my mother never told me all
she should.
A man showed me a lavaliere,
He says "It's yours if you kiss me,
dear,"
Oh, tell me, was there anything wrong
in that?
I kissed him once, and he asked for
more,
Next week he's bringing the jewelry
store;
Oh, tell me, was there anything wrong
in that?
Now, I was in the parlor, with this
fellow last night,
And I know why he kissed me and he
squeezed me so tight;
But I don't understand a bit,
When he said, "Baby, you sure have
It,"
What's this?
Oh, is there anything wrong in that?
A man loaned me his Cadilac,
And I said that I would bring it back,
Oh, tell me, was there anything wrong
in that?
Well, it was so cold in that great
big boat,
So, I just went and took his raccoon
coat,
Oh, tell me, was there anything wrong
in that?
I took my mother driving on that very
same day,
And she said, "Dear, you must return
that car right away!"
But the funniest thing, you'll never
guess,
I forgot his name and his address!
Oh, tell me, was there anything wrong
in that?
Oh, tell me, tell me, please, was there anything wrong in that, huh?
Now, I ask, was there anything wrong with that?
Such questions drive me crazy, every
day, something new,
My poor brain gets hazy, don't know
what to do!
[Scatting]
Oh, tell me, was there anything wrong
in that?
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