A 1924 popular song.
Words and music by Nacio Herb Brown.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Old mister Hoo-oo-oo-doo
Please tell me who are you
You keep the world in a stew
With the things you do
Chorus
When ev’rything is blue
Luck is leaving you
Blame it on the Hoodoo man
If you have a date, and you get the gate
Blame it on the Hoodoo man
When you’re makin’ love, look out
He’ll hear you
Tell your turtle dove mean things that queer you
That’s the Hoodoo who, keeps right after
Oh! if you knew ev’ry cat that howls
All the hooting owls
They belong to Hoodoo man
If you pay a fine, going thirty-nine
Charge it to the Hoodoo man
There is not a chance, when you have to dance
To a Hoodoo all day long
So when I’m alone, I begin to moan this pathetic song
Hoo-oo-oo-doo, that awful Hoo-oo-oo-doo
I’m worried blue, through and through
Oh what I’d do if I knew that HooDoo
Sung here by Vancha March: