Wimmin

. . . I’ve got to have ’em that’s all!
A popular song from 1921.
Words and music by Eddie Cantor and Fred Fisher.

The sheet music:

Wimmin – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Wimmin – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Got a friend of mine
    Who now is down in Mattewan
    Poor old John he’s just a little gone
    When I asked him how
    They came to put him in a cell
    He stamped his foot, and tore his hair
    And then began to yell

Chorus
Oh, wimmin, wimmin, wimmin I crave
For wimmin, wimmin, wimmin I rave
Young or old, shy or bold
Make’s no difference if they’re hot or cold
Oh pick-em, pick-em, pick-em for me
Oh sig-em, sig-em, sig-em on me
You take the wine, give me for my share
A rag and a bone, and a hank of hair
For wimmin, wimmin, wimmin I fall
I got to have em that’s all

  1. After that he’d quiet down
    And even read the news
    Seems he wouldn’t have another spell
    But when he saw a picture
    Of a Zeigfeld chorus belle
    He stamped his foot, and tore his hair
    And then began to yell

Chorus
Oh, wimmin, wimmin, wimmin I crave
For wimmin, wimmin, wimmin I rave
Small or tall, bring ’em all
Listen, listen to a wild man’s call
Oh, grab em, grab em, grab em for me
Oh, fetch em, fetch em, fetch em for me
When they’re not round, me I’m always sane
Show me a skirt, and I’m off again
For wimmin, wimmin, wimmin I fall
I got to have em that’s all

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: