a popular song from 1922
words and music by Edwin H. Underhill
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Boy, oh boy, the flappers greet me
They run to meet me
Joy, with joy, their eyes are gleaming
Their smiles are beaming
Lonesome mamas come here, near
If you are tearful, I’ll give an earful of cheer
Chorus
I’m a cake eating man, eat my cake where I can
I like a dapper flapper that shows a naughty knee
Who dances naughty jazz
And shakes a naughty lingerie
I’m there with my shoe polish hair
For I’m a mama loving
Cookie chewing, cake eating man
- Saxophone, don’t keep me waiting by hesitating
Moan trombone, a tune so gruesome
So wild and bluesome
Trap drum rattle and roar, for
I want to shimmie, go on and give me some more
Sung here by Fred Feild: