Dinah Shore - Skylark lyrics

I HAD A MAN HE WAS A GOOD MAN THAT IS, YOU SEE, WHAT I MEAN IS I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD MAN I HAD A FRIEND SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND I TOLD MY FRIEND 'BOUT MY MAN 'CAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND LIFE WAS SWEET DIDN'T I HAVE MY MAN? WORLD COMPLETE... THEN THE FIREWORKS BEGAN AIN'T GOT NO MAN AIN'T GOT NO FRIEND I BET YOU CAN GUESS JUST EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THAT WAS THE END THE END OF MY FRIEND THE END OF MY MAN AND ALMOST THE END OF ME OH YES, OH YES, I HAD A MAN OOO-DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO THAT IS, YOU SEE, WHAT I MEAN IS I THOUGHT HE WAS A GOOD MAN I HAD A FRIEND I SAID, I HAD A FRIEND UMM-MMM-MMM-MMM-MMM I TOLD MY FRIEND 'BOUT MY MAN 'CAUSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND LIFE WAS SWEET DIDN'T I HAVE MY MAN, MY MAN WORLD COMPLETE... THEN THE FIREWORKS BEGAN AIN'T GOT NO MAN AIN'T GOT NO FRIEND I BET YOU CAN GUESS JUST EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THAT WAS THE END THE END OF MY FRIEND THE END OF MY MAN AND DARNED NEAR THE END OF ME Danny Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine, adapted it to a jive version that was done In a Mail Call program in 1944 by Danny and Dinah: "TESS'S TORCH SONG - JIVE' Dinah: LOVE, IT CAN GET YOU IN THE STRANGEST MESSES I KNOW YOUR STORY WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE TORCH OF TESS'S: YOU HAD A GAL... Danny: I SWEAR ME MOMMA, OH WHAT A GAL WAS MARY Dinah: SHE WAS YOUR BEST GAL... Danny: OH BEAT ME DADDY, WHAT A PAL WAS MARY Dinah: THAT IS, YOU SEE, WHAT I MEAN IS YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS YOUR BEST GAL Danny: SHOOT THE BARE FACTS TO ME, FAIRFAX I HAD A FRIEND... Dinah: OH, JOE, JOE, JOE THE ROCK OF GI-GIBRALTAR Danny: HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND... Dinah: OH, SO-SO-SO SO SWEET AS CHOCOLATE MALTER Danny: I TOLD MY FRIEND 'BOUT MY GAL 'CAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND! Dinah: SHOOT THE BROMO TO ME, RAMON LIFE WAS SWEET... Danny: I WAS A HA-AA-APPY MAN! Dinah: WORLD COMPLETE... Danny: THEN CAME THE BUST-UP, THEY BUSTED MY TRUST UP THE FIREWORKS BEGAN Dinah: YOU LOST YOUR GAL... Danny: OH, LEARNED JACKSON, BLOW THOSE BLUES FOR ME Dinah: YOU LOST YOUR FRIEND... Danny: OH, MURDER, MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE! Dinah: I GOT A FEELIN' THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN Both: THIS WON'T BE THE END -- NO, NO I'LL FIND A NEW FRIEND -- YES, YES I'LL FIND A NEW GAL -- HO, HO THIS WON'T BE THE END OF ME Both: WELL ZOOT, WELL BOOT, WELL WELL ALL-ROOT WITH A HEP-A-HEP-A-HEP-A AND A STEP-STEP-STEP Dinah: GREETINGS, GATE, HOWYA BEEN? Danny: OH FEELIN' GREAT, GIMME SOME SKIN! Dinah: LOOKIN' SHARP! Danny: OH, SHARP AS A HARP! Dinah: FEELIN' KEEN? Danny: HEY, KEEN AS A BEAN Dinah: NO TEARS FOR MARY? Danny: AS DRY AS A PRAIRIE Dinah: NO WOE FOR JOE? Danny: OH NO, NO, NO Dinah: NO BEATIN' THE GRAY? Danny: OH NAY, NAY, NAY Dinah: NO BUSTED TICKER? Danny: OH, TICKER TICKIN' SLICKER Dinah: WELL, TOAST ME, MELBA IS THIS A FACT? Danny: BEAT ME DADDY --(hand slap)-- AND I'LL HIT YOU BACK! Both: WELL ZOOT, WELL BOOT, WELL-WELL ALL-ROOT WITH A HEP-A-HEP-A-HEP-A AND A STEP-STEP-STEP Danny: HEY, GOOD LOOKIN'! Dinah: WHAT'SA IS-A COOKIN'? Danny: FEELIN' GROOVY? Dinah: GROOVY AS A MOVIE! Danny: SOFT AND MELLOW? Dinah: MELLOW AS-A JELLO Danny: WANNA BE MY CHICKEN? Dinah: NOW YOU'S A-CLICKIN'! Danny: NO YAK-YAK? Dinah: SOLID, JACK! Danny: WELL, RATION ME SOME PASSION PITCH ME SOME WOO Dinah: ON THE bu*tON, GLUTTON --(kiss)--SMACKEROO! Danny: WELL, GRILL ME, LAMB CHOP WELL, ALL RIGHT! Dinah: CROWD ME, MAMA, 'CAUSE IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT! Both: WELL ZOOT, WELL BOOT, WELL-WELL ALL-ROOT WITH A HEP-A-HEP-A-HEP-A AND A STEP-STEP-STEP (They do a verse of echo-scat, Danny leading.) Both: WELL ZOOT, WELL BOOT, WELL-WELL ALL-ROOT WITH A HEP-HEP-HEP-HEP-HEP!