My Sweetie Turned Me Down

(What Do I Care – What Do I Care)
A popular song from 1925
Words by Gus Kahn
Music by Walter Donaldson

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. No use crying, it’s over now
   No use trying, to start a row
   Don’t be sorry for me
   ‘Cause really, I’m not craving sympathy
   Gee!

Chorus
If I should die before I wake
What do I care, What do I care
My sweetie turned me down
Nights are long, life is short
What do I care, What do I care
My sweetie turned me down
There’s just one place I can see
And that’s the river for me, Gee!
Got no boat, I can’t float, but
What do I care, What do I care
My sweetie turned me down

2. Can’t be happy, I can’t be glad
   Can’t have kisses, I always had
   Gee, what good is the park
   When I can’t get those kisses in the dark
   Gee!

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