(Cold In My Nose), a popular song from 1929.
Words and music by Arthur Fields, Fred Hall, and Billy Rose.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Feeling awfly bad (ker chew)
What a time I’ve had (ker chew)
‘Cause I didn’t button up my overcoat
All I do is sniff (ker chew)
Pass that handkerchief (ker chew)
What a funny feeling in my eyes and ears and throat
Chorus
I can’t sleep, I can’t eat
Get a pail and soak my feet
I got a “code” in my “dose” Oooh!
I got a “code” in my “dose”
Please repeat what you said
Funny “doizes” in my head
I got a “code” in my “dose” Oooh!
I got a “code” in my “dose”
Bought myself galoshes, flannel union suits
Over my galoshes I wear a pair of rubber boots
Oh I feel bad, I feel “bub”
Gee I wish that “sprig” would “cub”
I got a “code” in my “dose” Oooh!
I got a “code” in my “dose”
- Mustard plasters on my chest
Mittens and a leather vest
Can’t do anything to help this nose of mine
Camphor and a cold compress
Seem to help me less and less
I look like the red spot on a comic Valentine
Chorus
Oo my neck, oo my knees
All I do is “stiff” and “steeze”
I got a “code” in my “dose” Oooh!
I got a “code” in my “dose”
Bought a box asperin
Washed it down with Gordon gin
I got a “code” in my “dose” Oooh!
I got a “code” in my “dose”
Went to see the Doctor
Asked him what to do
“Lawdy help the Doctor”
He said, “I think I got one, too”
So we laid down side by side
I’m still here the Doctor died
I got a “code” in my “dose” Oooh!
I got a “code” in my “dose”
Sung here by Vancha March: