From the musical “Show Boat”, 1927
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Fred Feild:
Lyrics
Oh listen, sister
I love my mister man
And I can’t tell you why
There ain’t no reason
Why I should love dat man
It must be sumpin’
Dat de angels done plan
De chimbley’s smokin’
De roof is leakin’ in
But he don’t seem to care
He can be happy
With jes’ a sip of gin
I even loves him when
His kisses got gin
Burthen
Fish got to swim and birds got to fly
I got to love one man till I die
Can’t help lovin’ dat man of mine
Tell me he’s lazy
Tell me he’s slow
Tell me I’m crazy (maybe I know)
Can’t help lovin’ dat man of mine
When he goes away
Dat’s a rainy day
And when he comes back dat day is fine
The sun will shine
He kin come home as late as can be
Home without him ain’t no home to me
Can’t help lovin’ dat man of mine