a 1922 popular song
words and music by Fred Rose and Ted Fiorito
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- What will become of me, what will become of me
Something it’s plain to see, is wrong with me, yes wrong with me
I’m always sighing, I’m always crying, sad am I, here’s the reason why
Just only yesterday, my sweetie went away
I thought ’twas all in play, but when I heard her say
“Doo Dah, good-bye to you, Doo Dah, that means that I’m thru” Oh! Lordy
Chorus
Oh, those Doo Dah Blues, I want to lose those Doo Dah Blues
For all night long till early dawn, they seem to come and never leave me
Lordy but they grieve me, Do they, they do, I’ll say they do
Oh! I know, those Doo Dah Blues, will sure refuse poor me to lose
I’ve got ’em now, and oh! somehow, I know that if you’d had ’em
You’d-a long to lose the Doo Dah Blues
- You’ve heard my tale of woe, and now I know you know
Just why I’m worried so, yes worried so, and flurried so
I loved her only, that’s why I’m lonely, and I miss most of all her kiss
Maybe if she could see just what she did to me
Sorry perhaps she’d be, and set my poor heart free
But I suppose she’s thru, there’s nothing else I can do, Oh! Lordy
Sung here by Fred Feild: