[Dixielandjazz] Runnin' Wild

[Bill Haesler]

Kevin Yeates wrote [snipped]:
> .............Runnin’ Wild............. I hear a verse at the beginning.
> Does anyone know the words to the verse ..............?

Dear Kevin,
This is what I have.
Kind regards,
Bill.

Runnin' Wild
Composer: Music by A. Harrington Gibbs
Lyricist: Words by Joe Grey & Leo Wood
Published 1922 by Leo. Feist

[Verse 1]
My gal and I, we had a fight And I'm all by myself,
I guess she thinks, now that she's gone,
I'll lay right on the shelf; I'm gonna show her she's all wrong,
No lonesome stuff for mine,I won't sit home, all alone,
She'll soon find that I'm:

[Chorus]
Runnin' wild, lost control, Runnin' wild, mighty bold,
Feelin' gay, reckless too,
Carefree mind, all the time, never blue;
Always goin' don't know where,

Always showin' I don't care;
Don't love nobody, it's not worth while;
All alone, runnin' wild.

[Patter, sung/spoken after chorus]
No gal will ever make a fool of me, No gal!
I mean just what I say;
I ain't the simpleton I used to be,
Wonder how I got that way.
Once I was full of sentiment, it's true,
But now I got a cruel heart;
With all that other foolishness I'm through,
Gonna play the villain.

[Verse 2]
When I first met that gal of mine, It seemed just like a dream,
But when she tho't she had me right She started actin' mean;
Like Mary led her little lamb She led me all the time,
Until the worm had to turn, That's the reason I'm:

[Repeat Chorus]