He’d Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under—To Fix Up His Automobile
Music by Maurice Abrahams
Words by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie
Johnny O’Connor bought an automobile
He took his sweetheart for a ride one Sunday
Johnny was togged up in his best Sunday clothes
She nestled close to his side
Things went just dandy till he got down the road
Then something happened to the old machinery
That engine got his goat
Off went his hat and coat
Everything needed repairs
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He’d have to get under, get out and get under
To fix his little machine
He was just dying to cuddle his queen
But every minute when he’d begin it
He’d have to get under, get out and get under
Then he’d get back at the wheel
A dozen times they’d start to hug and kiss
And then the darned old engine
It would miss
And then he’d have to get under, get out and get under
And fix up his automobile.
Millionaire Wilson said to Johnny one day
Your little sweetheart don’t appreciate you
I have a daughter who is hungry for love
She likes to ride by the way
Johnny had visions of a million in gold,
He took her riding in his little auto,
But ev’ry time that he went to say “marry me,”
‘Twas the old story again
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