Lyrics for 1930's"My Handy Man"
twkaiser
of Harlem" last night.
I believe it was originally sung by Bessie Smith.
Can anyone give me the lyrics?
Todd
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Erin Wilson
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/2541/blhhumes.htm
I think it's most associated with Ethel Waters.
erin
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Helen Humes
My Handy Man
This double-entendre song is from Black & Blue LP 33.711 (see also
Million Dollar Secret). An early version (perhaps the original?) of this
song was recorded by Ethel Waters in 1928.
Whoever said a good man is hard to find
Positively absolutely sure was blind
I've found the best man there ever was
Here's just some of the things that my man does
Why he shakes my ashes, greases my grittle
Chimes my butter and he strokes my fiddle
My man is such a handy man (oh yes he is)
He threads my needle, creams my wheat
Heats my heater and he chops my meat
My man is such a handy man
Now I don't care if you believe it or not
He's so good to have around
And when my furnace gets too hot
He's right there and turns my damper down
Why for everything he's got a scheme
You oughta see that new stuff he uses on my machine
That man is such a handy man (he's God's gift girls)
Why he flaps my flapjacks, cleans off my table
Feeds my horses out in my stable
That man is such a handy man, mmm yeah
Sometimes he's up long before the dawn
Busy trimmin' the rough edges off my front lawn
Yeah that man is such a handy man
Why you know he never has a single word to say
No not while he's working hard
And I wished that you could see the way
He handles my front yard
Yeah you know my ice don't get a chance to melt away
Cause he sees that I get that fresh piece every day
My man, my man is such a handy man
And I ain't kiddin'!
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twkaiser
Thanks for supplying the words to My Handy Man. Ethel Waters, you say?
I'll have to look into that further. I never would have associated it
with her, but you may be right.
Todd Kaiser