Button up Your Overcoat


Listen, big boy
Now that you got me made
Goodness, but I'm afraid
Somethin's gonna happen to you

Listen, big boy
You gotta be hooked, and how
I would die if I should lose you now

Button up your overcoat
When the wind is free
Take good care of yourself
You belong to me

Eat an apple every day
Get to bed by three
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me

Be careful crossing streets, ooh, ooh
Cut out sweets, ooh, ooh
Lay off meat, ooh, ooh
You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum

Wear your flannel underwear
When you climb a tree
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me

Button up your overcoat
When the wind is free
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me
Boop-boop-a-doop

When you sass a traffic cop
Use diplomacy
Just take good care of yourself
You belong to me

Beware of frozen funds, ooh, ooh
Stocks and bonds, ooh, ooh
Dockside thugs, ooh, ooh
You'll get a pain and ruin your bankroll

Keep the spoon out of your cup
When you're drinking tea
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me

Don't sit on hornet's tails, ooh, ooh
Or on nails, ooh, ooh
Or third rails, ooh, ooh
You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum

Keep away from bootleg hooch
When you're on a spree
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me


Writer/s: Buddy DeSylva / Lew Brown / Ray Henderson

Button up Your Overcoat de Ruth Etting

This song appears in 15 albums


Hits of the 20's & 30's
2019

Anthology, Vol. 1
2018

Laughing At Life
2016

Shakin the Blues Away
2016

Early Jazz Vocals (Recorded 1927-1930)
2014

You and Me!
2014

You're the Cream in My Coffee (Original Recordings 1928 -1931)
2012

Legendary Works 1928-1950
2012

Button Up Your Overcoat - Single
2012

I'll Get By
2011

The Ultimate Collection (1928-1937)
2011

Happy Days and Lonely Nights
2010

American Songstress
2006

Ruth Etting, The Singing Queen Vol 1
2003

Ruth Etting
2001
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