An ebony jazz tune, 1922.
words by Joe Grey and Leo Wood
music by A. Harrington Gibbs
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- My gal and I, we had a fight
And I’m all by myself
I guess she thinks, now that she’s gone
I’ll lay right on the shelf
I’m gonna show her she’s all wrong
No lonesome stuff for mine
I won’t sit home, all alone
She’ll soon find that I’m
Chorus
Runnin’ wild, lost control
Runnin’ wild, mighty bold
Feelin’ gay, reckless too
Care free mind all the time, never blue
Always going’ don’t know where
Always showing’, I don’t care
Don’t love nobody, it’s not worth while
All alone, runnin’ wild
- When I first met that gal of mine
It seemed just like a dream
But when she tho’t she had me right
She started actin’ mean
Like Mary led her little lamb
She led me all the time
Until the worm had to turn
That’s the reason I’m
Patter
No gal will ever make a fool of me
No gal! I mean just what I say
I ain’t the simpleton I used to be
Wonder how I got that way
Once I was full of sentiment, it’s true
But now I got a cruel heart
With all that other foolishness I’m through
Gonna play the villain part
Sung here by Fred Feild: