From the 1930 musical “You Said It”.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Harold Arlen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I don’t like highbrows
Who arch their eyebrows
When a jazz-tune is played
And in a showdown
You’d call me low-down
But that’s how I am made
My taste isn’t over-refined
I like music of a certain kind
Chorus
I have got to have music
‘Cause I’m mad about music
But the music has got to be
Sweet and hot
Got to be sweet, got to be hot
I’ve got to have Boy Friend
‘Cause I’m mad about Boy-Friend
But the Boy Friend has got to be
Sweet and hot, sweet and hot
I don’t care what tune
As long as it’s a hot tune
Keep the heat in it, but sweeten it
‘Cause I’ve got to have music
And I’m mad about music
But the music has got to be
Sweet and hot
Got to be sweet, got to be hot
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: