So Do I

From the 1913 musical “The Tik-Tok Man of Oz”.
Words by L. Frank Baum.
Music by Louis F. Gottschalk.

The sheet music:

So-Do-I – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

So_Do_I – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. I know a lovely cross-eyed girl
    With freckles on her cheeks
    So do I
    Her nose is red, her eyes are green
    She stutters when she speaks
    So do I
    No living man, however gay
    Would care to lead my girl astray
    I know that she’ll be true alway
    So do I, so do I

The whole world loves a lover
So do I, so do I, so do I
It don’t care a rap for the heart-free chap
But adores the mushy guy
So do I
The world is cold as ice, I’m told
It don’t feed no one pie
But the lovesick gink makes it wink, I think
So do I, so do I, so do I

  1. My millions never make me proud
    The simplest eats I buy
    So do I
    Though squab and lobster I could have
    I choose a round steak fry
    So do I
    I freely lend to ev’ry friend
    For that’s an easy way to spend
    But to shave myself I condescend
    So do I, so do I

I love the rich and haughty
So do I, so do I, so do I
I’d hate to be killed by a street car guy
By an auto let me die
Me, oh my
With kings and queens I might hob-nob
But yet I pass ’em by
For I belong to the common mob
So do I, so do I, so do I

Sung here by Vancha March: