from “Ziegfeld Follies of 1921”
words and music by Jack Elliott Bayha and Chris Smith
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- King Solomon was the first Romeo
Far as I can understand
Soon as he’d lamp them he would vamp them
His lovin’ was grand
He had girlfriends by the score
And he married seven hundred or more
Chorus
It takes a good man to do that
It takes a good man to do that
Picture all these pretty ladies by his side
And history tells us every one was satisfied
It takes a good man to do that
He had ’em short, tall lanky and fat
They had to stand in line to sit upon his knee
And those down at the end all waited patiently
It takes a good man
A mighty good man to do that
- When Solomon got to his six-ninety-ninth
People thought that he would stop
Added one more
And she was some more cute lolly-pop
Mister Solmon sure did fall
The others didn’t mind it at all
Chorus:
It takes a good man to do that
It takes a good man to do that
Never had a motor car and so you see
He had to depend upon his personality
It takes a good man to do that
He had ’em short, tall lanky and fat
The king got full of wine one night
And lost his head
He got himself a bat
And knocked the whole bunch dead
It takes a good man
A mighty good man to do that
Sung here by Vancha March: