Little Wonder disc #2<br /><br />He'd Have To Get Under--Get Out And Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile)<br /><br />Recorded 1914<br /><br />Music by Maurice Abrahams<br /><br />Lyrics by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie<br /><br /> "He'd Have To Get Under--Get Out and Get Under" is a song from the Broadway Revue titled "The Pleasure Seekers" (1913)<br /><br />Johnny O'Connor bought an automobile,<br />He took his sweetheart for a ride one Sunday.<br />Johnny was togged up in his best Sunday clothes,<br />She nestled close to his side.<br />Things were just dandy till he got down the road,<br />Then something happened to the old machin'ry.<br />That engine got his goat,<br />Off went his hat and coat,<br />Ev'rything needed repairs.<br /><br />He'd have to get under,<br />Get out and get under<br />To fix up his little machine.<br />He was just dying to cuddle his queen,<br />But ev'ry minute<br />When he'd begin it,<br />He'd have to get under,<br />Get out and get under,<br />Then he'd get back at the wheel.<br />A dozen times they'd start to hug and kiss<br />And then the darned old engine it would miss,<br />And then he'd have to get under,<br />Get out and get under,<br />And fix up his automobile.<br /><br />Millionaire Wilson said to Johnny one day,<br />"Your little sweetheart don't appreciate you,<br />I have a daughter who is hungry for love,<br />She likes to ride, by the way".<br />Johnny had visions of a million in gold,<br />He took her riding in his little auto,<br />But ev'ry time that he went to say "Marry me",<br />'Twas the old story again.
